Where does “rúta” come from?
rúta (Old Norse) comes from Middle Low German rūde, from Latin rūta, from Ancient Greek ῥυτή — rue.
Ancestry of “rúta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | rūde | — |
| 2 | Latin | rūta | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ῥυτή | rue |