Where does “ruutipussi” come from?

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

ruutipussi (Finnish): gunpowder pouch, gunpowder bag, cartouche

Definitions

  1. gunpowder pouch, gunpowder bag, cartouche

Ancestry of “ruutipussi”, step by step

ruutipussi 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 pussi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpussibag, pouch, sac; pouch; pocket
2Old Swedishpusi—
3Proto-Germanicpusôbag, sack, scrip
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *krūd →Every word from Old Saxon krūd →Every word from Middle Low German krūt →