Where does “ansarauta” come from?

ansarauta (Finnish) comes from Finnish rauta, from Proto-Finnic rauta — iron.

ansarauta (Finnish): leghold trap

Definitions

  1. leghold trap

Ancestry of “ansarauta”, step by step

ansarauta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish rauta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrautairon; shackles, irons; act of getting or state of...
2Proto-Finnicrautairon

via Finnish ansa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishansatrap; booby trap
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*ansa—
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