Where does “kuusioteräs” come from?

kuusioteräs (Finnish) comes from Finnish teräs, from Proto-Finnic teräs, from Proto-Finnic terä, from Proto-Finno-Permic terä — edge.

kuusioteräs (Finnish): hexagon bar steel

Definitions

  1. hexagon bar steel

Ancestry of “kuusioteräs”, step by step

kuusioteräs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish teräs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishterässteel
2Proto-Finnicterässteel; a strip of cloth or leather for...
3Proto-Finnicteräblade, edge; ear of corn; grain, corn
4Proto-Finno-Permicteräedge

via Finnish kuusio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuusioregular hexagon; lousewort, betony
2Finnishkuusisix; spruce; Norway spruce, "Picea abies"
3Proto-Finnickuucisix
4Proto-Uralickutteridge; six
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic terä →Every word from Proto-Finnic terä →Every word from Proto-Finnic teräs →