Where does “hitsausliekki” come from?

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

hitsausliekki (Finnish): welding flame

Definitions

  1. welding flame

Ancestry of “hitsausliekki”, step by step

hitsausliekki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hitsaus

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

via Finnish liekki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishliekkiflame; Short for liekkiviina
2Proto-Finnicleekkiflame
Every word from Middle Low German hitzen →Every word from Swedish hitsa →Every word from Finnish hitsata →