Where does “näyttöruutu” come from?
näyttöruutu (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.
näyttöruutu (Finnish): screen of a computer etc
Definitions
- screen of a computer etc
Ancestry of “näyttöruutu”, step by step
näyttöruutu 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 näyttö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | näyttö | monitor, display, screen; showing; evidence |
| 2 | Finnish | näyttää | to show, present; to seem to do, appear to do; to... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |