Where does “mustaruuti” come from?

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

mustaruuti (Finnish): black powder

Definitions

  1. black powder

Ancestry of “mustaruuti”, step by step

mustaruuti 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 musta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmustablack; black horse; Elative singular form of...
2Finnish-ntääFront vowel variant of -ntaa
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *krūd →Every word from Old Saxon krūd →Every word from Middle Low German krūt →