Where does “hitsauspilli” come from?

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

hitsauspilli (Finnish): welding torch

Definitions

  1. welding torch

Ancestry of “hitsauspilli”, step by step

hitsauspilli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hitsaus

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

via Finnish pilli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpilliwhistle; pipe; drinking straw, straw
2Proto-Finnicpillipipe, flute (instrument)
Every word from Middle Low German hitzen →Every word from Swedish hitsa →Every word from Finnish hitsata →