Where does “booriteräs” come from?

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

booriteräs (Finnish): boron steel

Definitions

  1. boron steel

Ancestry of “booriteräs”, step by step

booriteräs 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 boori

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishbooriboron
2Finnishbooraksiborax
3Swedishborax—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic terä →Every word from Proto-Finnic terä →Every word from Proto-Finnic teräs →