Where does “kuvaruutu” come from?
kuvaruutu (Finnish) comes from Finnish ruutu, from Swedish ruta, from Middle Low German rūte, from Old High German rūta, from Latin rūta, from Ancient Greek ῥυτή — rue.
kuvaruutu (Finnish): screen; frame, film frame
Definitions
- screen; frame, film frame
Ancestry of “kuvaruutu”, step by step
kuvaruutu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ruutu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ruutu | square; rectangle; box |
| 2 | Swedish | ruta | square, tile; windowpane; panel |
| 3 | Middle Low German | rūte | — |
| 4 | Old High German | rūta | — |
| 5 | Latin | rūta | rue bitter herb |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ῥυτή | rue |
via Finnish kuva
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kuva | picture; image; photograph, photo |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | skuwwô | reflection, mirror image; shadow |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱeh₃w-ō ~ (s)ḱuh₃-nés | shadow, reflection |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |