Where does “ruuvikoukku” come from?

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

ruuvikoukku (Finnish): screw hook, screw-in hook

Definitions

  1. screw hook, screw-in hook

Ancestry of “ruuvikoukku”, step by step

ruuvikoukku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ruuvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruuviscrew
2Middle Low Germanschrūvescrew machine
3Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth

via Finnish koukku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkoukkuhook; addiction; used in inessive, elative and...
2Proto-Finnickoukkuhook, hook-shaped tool
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer-Every word from Middle Low German schrūveEvery word from Finnish ruuvi
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