Where does “halkohitsaus” come from?

halkohitsaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish hitsaus, from Finnish hitsata, from Swedish hitsa, from Middle Low German hitzen.

halkohitsaus (Finnish): flat welding

Definitions

  1. flat welding

Ancestry of “halkohitsaus”, step by step

halkohitsaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hitsaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhitsauswelding
2Finnishhitsatato weld
3Swedishhitsato heat, to weld
4Middle Low Germanhitzen—

via Finnish halkoa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishhalkoaTo split, divide into halves; To chop
2Finnish-öäFront vowel variant of -oa
3Proto-Finnic-odakForms some verbs
4Proto-Uralic-w-—
Every word from Middle Low German hitzen →Every word from Swedish hitsa →Every word from Finnish hitsata →