Where does “ruotutila” come from?
ruotutila (Finnish) comes from Finnish ruotu, from Swedish rote, from Old Swedish rote, from Middle French route, from Old French route, from Latin rupta, from Latin ruptus, from Latin rumpō — to tear out, dig out, open, acquire.
ruotutila (Finnish): a farm or stead part of a ruotu
Definitions
- a farm or stead part of a ruotu
Ancestry of “ruotutila”, step by step
ruotutila traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ruotu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ruotu | In the forced conscription system (allotment system) valid in Finland from 1682 to 1901, a group of estates responsible for providing an armed soldier for the crown |
| 2 | Swedish | rote | a district; a file, a section, a squad, a pair |
| 3 | Old Swedish | rote | — |
| 4 | Middle French | route | road; military defeat; retreat |
| 5 | Old French | route | route |
| 6 | Latin | rupta | nominative feminine singular of ruptus;... |
| 7 | Latin | ruptus | broken; ruptured, burst |
| 8 | Latin | rumpō | to break, burst, tear, rend, rupture; break asunder, force open |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrunépti | to be breaking |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrewp- | to break, tear |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrew- | to tear out, dig out, open, acquire |