Where does “karkaisu-uuni” come from?
karkaisu-uuni (Finnish) comes from Finnish karkaisu, from Finnish karkaista, from Finnish karkea, from Proto-Finnic karkeda, from Proto-Uralic karke, from Old Saxon kirika, from Proto-West Germanic kirikā, from Ancient Greek κυριακόν — lord, master.
karkaisu-uuni (Finnish): tempering furnace
Definitions
- tempering furnace
Ancestry of “karkaisu-uuni”, step by step
karkaisu-uuni traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish karkaisu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | karkaisu | quenching |
| 2 | Finnish | karkaista | to harden, toughen; to quench |
| 3 | Finnish | karkea | rough; coarse; harsh |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | karkeda | harsh; coarse, rough; bitter, sharp |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | karke | — |
| 6 | Old Saxon | kirika | church |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | kirikā | church |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | κυριακόν | church |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | Κύριος | Lord |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | *kúrios | lord, master |