Where does “kupariseos” come from?

kupariseos (Finnish) comes from Finnish seos, from Finnish seka-, from Proto-Finnic seka — mixed.

kupariseos (Finnish): copper alloy

Definitions

  1. copper alloy

Ancestry of “kupariseos”, step by step

kupariseos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish seos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseosmixture, mix; alloy
2Finnishseka-mixed; cross-
3Proto-Finnicsekamixed

via Finnish kupari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuparicopper
2Old Swedishkoppar—
Every word from Proto-Finnic seka →Every word from Finnish seka- →Every word from Finnish seos →