Where does “ryssiä” come from?

ryssiä (Finnish) comes from Finnish ryssä, from Swedish ryss, from Old Swedish ryz, from Old East Slavic Русь, from Finnish ruotsi, from Proto-Finnic *roocci, from Old Swedish roþs-, from Old Norse róðr — to row; to separate; loose, sparse, rare.

ryssiä (Finnish): to screw up

Definitions

  1. to screw up

Ancestry of “ryssiä”, step by step

ryssiä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ryssä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishryssäRusski, Russkie Russian person
2Swedishryssa Russian, male person from Russia; a rude,...
3Old Swedishryz
4Old East SlavicРусьRus; Ruthenia
5FinnishruotsiSwedish
6Proto-Finnic*roocciSwede originally anyone from Roslagen
7Old Swedishroþs-related to rowing
8Old Norseróðrrowing
9Proto-Germanicrōþrąoar; rudder
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁reh₁-to row; to separate; loose, sparse, rare

via Finnish ia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishiaObsolete spelling of ja
2Finnishjaand; AND
3Proto-Finnicjaand
4Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
5Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
6Proto-Germanic-hwe
7Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁reh₁-Every word from Old Swedish roþs-Every word from Proto-Finnic *roocci