Where does “hitsauskypärä” come from?

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

hitsauskypärä (Finnish): welding helmet

Definitions

  1. welding helmet

Ancestry of “hitsauskypärä”, step by step

hitsauskypärä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hitsaus

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

via Finnish kypärä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkypärähelmet; hard hat
2Proto-Finnicküpärähat
3Proto-Baltickepur-—
Every word from Middle Low German hitzen →Every word from Swedish hitsa →Every word from Finnish hitsata →