Where does “kankirauta” come from?

kankirauta (Finnish) comes from Finnish rauta, from Proto-Finnic rauta — iron.

kankirauta (Finnish): wrought iron

Definitions

  1. wrought iron

Ancestry of “kankirauta”, step by step

kankirauta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish rauta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrautairon; shackles, irons; act of getting or state of...
2Proto-Finnicrautairon

via Finnish kanki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkankibar
2Proto-Finnickankibar, lever
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