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...
2FinnishI
3FinnishminäI; ego; self
4Proto-FinnicminäI, me
5Uralic*minä
Every word from Ancient Greek ῥυτήEvery word from Latin rūtaEvery word from Old High German rūta