Where does “bakruta” come from?

bakruta (Swedish) comes from Swedish ruta, from Middle Low German rūte, from Old High German rūta, from Latin rūta, from Ancient Greek ῥυτή — rue.

bakruta (Swedish): a rear windshield, a rear windscreen, a rear window

Definitions

  1. a rear windshield, a rear windscreen, a rear window

Ancestry of “bakruta”, step by step

bakruta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish ruta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishrutasquare, tile; windowpane; panel
2Middle Low Germanrūte—
3Old High Germanrūta—
4Latinrūtarue bitter herb
5Ancient Greekῥυτήrue

via Swedish båk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishbåkdaymark
2Turkishbaksecond-person singular imperative of bakmak; look
3Turkishbakmakto look (at), gaze
4Ottoman Turkishباقمقto look; to look at
5Proto-Turkic*bak-to look; to watch
Every word from Ancient Greek ῥυτή →Every word from Latin rūta →Every word from Old High German rūta →