Where does “ruutitynnyri” come from?

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

ruutitynnyri (Finnish): powder keg

Definitions

  1. powder keg

Ancestry of “ruutitynnyri”, step by step

ruutitynnyri 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 tynnyri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtynnyribarrel; keg; unit of measure for volume...
2Old Swedishtynnor—
3Old Swedishtynna—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *krūd →Every word from Old Saxon krūd →Every word from Middle Low German krūt →