Where does “lähtöruutu” come from?

lähtöruutu (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.

lähtöruutu (Finnish): starting position

Definitions

  1. starting position

Ancestry of “lähtöruutu”, step by step

lähtöruutu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ruutu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruutusquare; rectangle; box
2Swedishrutasquare, tile; windowpane; panel
3Middle Low Germanrūte—
4Old High Germanrūta—
5Latinrūtarue bitter herb
6Ancient Greekῥυτήrue

via Finnish lähtö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlähtödeparture; start; takeoff
2Finnishlähteäto leave, go, go away, start, start out, start...
3Proto-Finnicläktedäkto leave, to depart
4Proto-Uralicläkte-to leave
Every word from Ancient Greek ῥυτή →Every word from Latin rūta →Every word from Old High German rūta →