Where does “ruutukangas” come from?
ruutukangas (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.
ruutukangas (Finnish): checked fabric, check fabric
Definitions
- checked fabric, check fabric
Ancestry of “ruutukangas”, step by step
ruutukangas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ruutu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ruutu | square; rectangle; box |
| 2 | Swedish | ruta | square, tile; windowpane; panel |
| 3 | Middle Low German | rūte | — |
| 4 | Old High German | rūta | — |
| 5 | Latin | rūta | rue bitter herb |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ῥυτή | rue |
via Finnish kangas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kangas | cloth, fabric or textile; material; A soil type:... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kangas | cloth, fabric |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | gangaz | pace, step, gait; walk; way, course |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰongʰ-o-s | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰengʰ- | to walk; to step |