Where does “ruttojuuri” come from?

ruttojuuri (Finnish) comes from Finnish juuri, from Proto-Finnic juuri, from Proto-Finno-Permic jure.

ruttojuuri (Finnish): butterbur, a plant of the genus "Petasites"

Definitions

  1. butterbur, a plant of the genus "Petasites"

Ancestry of “ruttojuuri”, step by step

ruttojuuri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish juuri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjuuriroot; Short for taikinajuuri; a zero of a...
2Proto-Finnicjuuriroot
3Proto-Finno-Permicjure—

via Finnish rutto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruttoplague
2Proto-Finnicruttofast, quick, rapid
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic jure →Every word from Proto-Finnic juuri →Every word from Finnish juuri →