Where does “ruutuhapero” come from?

ruutuhapero (Finnish) comes from Finnish ruutu, from Swedish ruta, from Middle Low German rūte, from Old High German rūta, from Latin rūta, from Ancient Greek ῥυτή — rue.

ruutuhapero (Finnish): A brittlegill, "Russula virescens"

Definitions

  1. A brittlegill, "Russula virescens"

Ancestry of “ruutuhapero”, step by step

ruutuhapero traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ruutu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruutusquare; rectangle; box
2Swedishrutasquare, tile; windowpane; panel
3Middle Low Germanrūte
4Old High Germanrūta
5Latinrūtarue bitter herb
6Ancient Greekῥυτήrue

via Finnish hapero

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhaperobrittlegill, russula; brittle
2Finnishhaperabrittle
3Finnishhaprea
4Finnishhaurasbrittle, fragile, frail, friable, crumbly,...
5Proto-Finnichaprasbrittle, fragile, weak
Every word from Ancient Greek ῥυτήEvery word from Latin rūtaEvery word from Old High German rūta