Where does “kaatorauta” come from?

kaatorauta (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaato, from Finnish kaataa, from Proto-Finnic kaatadak — to overturn; to spill, to pour out.

kaatorauta (Finnish): breaking bar, felling lever

Definitions

  1. breaking bar, felling lever

Ancestry of “kaatorauta”, step by step

kaatorauta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kaato

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaatofelling; killing; strike
2Finnishkaataato knock/tip/turn over, overturn, upset, knock down
3Proto-Finnickaatadakto overturn; to spill, to pour out

via Finnish rauta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrautairon; shackles, irons; act of getting or state of...
2Proto-Finnicrautairon
Every word from Proto-Finnic kaatadak →Every word from Finnish kaataa →Every word from Finnish kaato →