Where does “ruuti” come from?
ruuti (Finnish) comes from Middle Low German krūt, from Old Saxon krūd, from Proto-West Germanic *krūd.
ruuti (Finnish): gunpowder
Ancestry of “ruuti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | krūt | spices; vegetables, spices |
| 2 | Old Saxon | krūd | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *krūd | — |
Words derived from “ruuti”