Where does “ruudinhaju” come from?

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

ruudinhaju (Finnish): smell of gunpowder

Definitions

  1. smell of gunpowder

Ancestry of “ruudinhaju”, step by step

ruudinhaju 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 haju

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhajusmell, whiff; clue, slightest idea
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*haju—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *krūd →Every word from Old Saxon krūd →Every word from Middle Low German krūt →