Where does “ruudinkäry” come from?
ruudinkäry (Finnish) comes from Finnish ruuti, from Middle Low German krūt, from Old Saxon krūd, from Proto-West Germanic *krūd — herb, plant.
ruudinkäry (Finnish): smell of gunpowder
Ancestry of “ruudinkäry”, step by step
ruudinkäry traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ruuti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ruuti | gunpowder |
| 2 | Middle Low German | krūt | spices; vegetables, spices |
| 3 | Old Saxon | krūd | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *krūd | herb, plant |
via Finnish käry
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | käry | the smell of burning; the act of someone being... |
| 2 | Finnish | käristä | to crackle; Indicative present connegative form... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ista | Forms frequentative verbs |