Where does “ruuvi” come from?

ruuvi (Finnish) comes from Middle Low German schrūve, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

ruuvi (Finnish): screw

Definitions

  1. screw

Ancestry of “ruuvi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanschrūvescrew machine
2Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth

Words derived from “ruuvi”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- →Every word from Middle Low German schrūve →
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