Where does “L-teräs” come from?

L-teräs (Finnish) comes from Finnish teräs, from Proto-Finnic teräs, from Proto-Finnic terä, from Proto-Finno-Permic terä — edge.

L-teräs (Finnish): L-shaped steel beam or steel piece

Definitions

  1. L-shaped steel beam or steel piece

Ancestry of “L-teräs”, step by step

L-teräs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish teräs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishterässteel
2Proto-Finnicterässteel; a strip of cloth or leather for...
3Proto-Finnicteräblade, edge; ear of corn; grain, corn
4Proto-Finno-Permicteräedge

via Finnish l

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishl—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic terä →Every word from Proto-Finnic terä →Every word from Proto-Finnic teräs →