Where does “yrttiuute” come from?

yrttiuute (Finnish) comes from Finnish yrtti, from Old Swedish yrt, from Old Norse urt, from Proto-Germanic wurt-, from Proto-Germanic wrōts, from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds — root.

yrttiuute (Finnish): herbal extract

Definitions

  1. herbal extract

Ancestry of “yrttiuute”, step by step

yrttiuute traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish yrtti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyrttiherb
2Old Swedishyrt
3Old Norseurt
4Proto-Germanicwurt-oblique stem of *wrōts
5Proto-Germanicwrōtsroot
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwréh₂dsroot

via Finnish uute

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishuuteextract; tincture; beer
2Finnishuuttaato extract; Third-person singular indicative...
3FinnishuuThe name of the Latin-script letter U; hole, nest
4LatinU
5LatinVve
6Etruscan?u
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂dsEvery word from Proto-Germanic wrōtsEvery word from Proto-Germanic wurt-
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