Where does “ruutuseiska” come from?

ruutuseiska (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.

ruutuseiska (Finnish): seven of clubs

Definitions

  1. seven of clubs

Ancestry of “ruutuseiska”, step by step

ruutuseiska 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 seiska

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseiskathe digit seven; seventh; anything distinguished...
2Finnishseitsemänseven
3Proto-Finnicsäic'enseven
4Proto-Uralic*ćäjćemäseven
Every word from Ancient Greek ῥυτή →Every word from Latin rūta →Every word from Old High German rūta →