Where does “ruuti” come from?

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

ruuti (Finnish): gunpowder

Definitions

  1. gunpowder

Ancestry of “ruuti”, step by step

ruuti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Low German krūt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germankrūtspices; vegetables, spices
2Old Saxonkrūd—
3Proto-West Germanic*krūdherb, plant

via Old High German riutī

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanriutī—

Words derived from “ruuti”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *krūd →Every word from Old Saxon krūd →Every word from Middle Low German krūt →