Where does “betoniharkko” come from?

betoniharkko (Finnish) comes from Finnish betoni, from French béton, from Latin bitūmen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.

betoniharkko (Finnish): cinder block, concrete block

Definitions

  1. cinder block, concrete block

Ancestry of “betoniharkko”, step by step

betoniharkko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish betoni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishbetoniconcrete
2Frenchbétonconcrete; to drop
3Latinbitūmenmineral pitch, bitumen
4Latin-menforms neuter nouns of the third declension
5Proto-Italic*-mn̥—

via Finnish harkko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishharkkobar, ingot, pig; concrete brick, concrete masonry...
2Finnishharkkitow distaff; Synonym of hara
3Proto-Finnicharkki—
Every word from Proto-Italic *-mn̥ →Every word from Latin -men →Every word from Latin bitūmen →