Where does “sanomaruutu” come from?

sanomaruutu (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.

sanomaruutu (Finnish): message box

Definitions

  1. message box

Ancestry of “sanomaruutu”, step by step

sanomaruutu 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 sanoma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsanomaA message, communication; Agent participle of...
2FinnishmäI
3FinnishminäI; ego; self
4Proto-FinnicminäI, me
5Uralic*minä—
Every word from Ancient Greek ῥυτή →Every word from Latin rūta →Every word from Old High German rūta →