Where does “ruudunlukija” come from?

ruudunlukija (Finnish) comes from Finnish ruutu, from Swedish ruta, from Middle Low German rūte, from Old High German rūta, from Latin rūta, from Ancient Greek ῥυτή — rue.

ruudunlukija (Finnish): screen reader

Definitions

  1. screen reader

Ancestry of “ruudunlukija”, step by step

ruudunlukija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ruutu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruutusquare; rectangle; box
2Swedishrutasquare, tile; windowpane; panel
3Middle Low Germanrūte
4Old High Germanrūta
5Latinrūtarue bitter herb
6Ancient Greekῥυτήrue

via Finnish lukija

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlukijareader
2Ingrianlukkiato read
3Proto-Finniclukedakto count; to read ?
4Proto-Uralicluke-to count
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
Every word from Ancient Greek ῥυτήEvery word from Latin rūtaEvery word from Old High German rūta