Where does “kulutusteräs” come from?
kulutusteräs (Finnish) comes from Finnish kulutus, from Finnish kuluttaa, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
kulutusteräs (Finnish): wear-resistant steel
Ancestry of “kulutusteräs”, step by step
kulutusteräs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kulutus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kulutus | consumption; expenditure |
| 2 | Finnish | kuluttaa | to wear (out) e.g. clothes or parts |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish teräs
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | teräs | steel |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | teräs | steel; a strip of cloth or leather for... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | terä | blade, edge; ear of corn; grain, corn |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Permic | terä | edge |