Where does “ruuvipotkuri” come from?

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

ruuvipotkuri (Finnish): screw propeller

Definitions

  1. screw propeller

Ancestry of “ruuvipotkuri”, step by step

ruuvipotkuri 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 potkuri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpotkuripropeller, prop; screw, propeller; Synonym of...
2Finnishpotkiato kick; Partitive plural form of potka
3Votic-ia—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- →Every word from Middle Low German schrūve →Every word from Finnish ruuvi →