Where does “kiviruuti” come from?

kiviruuti (Finnish) comes from Finnish ruuti, from Middle Low German krūt, from Old Saxon krūd, from Proto-West Germanic *krūd — herb, plant.

kiviruuti (Finnish): a type of gunpowder used to clear rock

Definitions

  1. a type of gunpowder used to clear rock

Ancestry of “kiviruuti”, step by step

kiviruuti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ruuti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruutigunpowder
2Middle Low Germankrūtspices; vegetables, spices
3Old Saxonkrūd—
4Proto-West Germanic*krūdherb, plant

via Finnish kivi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkivistone; a piece of stone which is larger than a...
2Latin-lanominative feminine singular of -lus; nominative...
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