Where does “ruutuviitonen” come from?

ruutuviitonen (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.

ruutuviitonen (Finnish): five of diamonds

Definitions

  1. five of diamonds

Ancestry of “ruutuviitonen”, step by step

ruutuviitonen 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 viitonen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishviitonenThe digit five; Something that can be identified...
2Finnishviisifive
3Proto-Finnicviicifive
4Proto-Uralicwittefive; ten
Every word from Ancient Greek ῥυτή →Every word from Latin rūta →Every word from Old High German rūta →