Where does “ruudinsavu” come from?

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

ruudinsavu (Finnish): gunpowder smoke

Definitions

  1. gunpowder smoke

Ancestry of “ruudinsavu”, step by step

ruudinsavu 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 savu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsavusmoke; a residential building with a chimney, a...
2Proto-Finnicsavu—
3Proto-Finno-Permicsawe—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *krūd →Every word from Old Saxon krūd →Every word from Middle Low German krūt →