Where does “ruukkuyrtti” come from?

ruukkuyrtti (Finnish) comes from Finnish yrtti, from Old Swedish yrt, from Old Norse urt, from Proto-Germanic wurt-, from Proto-Germanic wrōts, from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds — root.

ruukkuyrtti (Finnish): potted herb, pot-grown herb

Definitions

  1. potted herb, pot-grown herb

Ancestry of “ruukkuyrtti”, step by step

ruukkuyrtti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish yrtti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyrttiherb
2Old Swedishyrt—
3Old Norseurt—
4Proto-Germanicwurt-oblique stem of *wrōts
5Proto-Germanicwrōtsroot
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwréh₂dsroot

via Finnish ruukku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruukkupot; jar; situla
2Swedishkrukaa pot; a coward
3Middle Low Germankrūke—
4Old Saxonkrūka—
5Proto-Germanickrogupot, pitcher
6Proto-Germanic*krōguz—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds →Every word from Proto-Germanic wrōts →Every word from Proto-Germanic wurt- →
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