Where does “kylmätaonta” come from?

kylmätaonta (Finnish) comes from Finnish kylmä, from Proto-Finnic külmä, from Proto-Finno-Permic külmä, from Proto-Indo-European ǵel- — to swallow; swallow.

kylmätaonta (Finnish): cold hammering, cold forging technique for making metal artifacts in which the metal is shaped by percussion without heating

Definitions

  1. cold hammering, cold forging technique for making metal artifacts in which the metal is shaped by percussion without heating

Ancestry of “kylmätaonta”, step by step

kylmätaonta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kylmä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkylmäcold; level
2Proto-Finnickülmäcold
3Proto-Finno-Permickülmä—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵel-to swallow; swallow

via Finnish taonta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtaontaforging; hammering, beating
2Finnish-ntäFront vowel variant of -nta; API
3Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵel- →Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic külmä →Every word from Proto-Finnic külmä →