Where does “valintaruutu” come from?

valintaruutu (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.

valintaruutu (Finnish): checkbox

Definitions

  1. checkbox

Ancestry of “valintaruutu”, step by step

valintaruutu 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 valinta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvalintaselection; choice; volition
2Finnishvalitato choose, select, elect; Indicative present...
3Proto-Finnicvalit'akto choose, to pick, to select
4Proto-Germanicwaljanąto choose, to pick, to select
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwelh₁-to choose; to want
Every word from Ancient Greek ῥυτή →Every word from Latin rūta →Every word from Old High German rūta →