Where does “meesauuni” come from?

meesauuni (Finnish) comes from Finnish uuni, from Old Swedish ughn, from Old Norse ofn, from Proto-Germanic uhnaz, from Proto-Indo-European aukw- — cooking pot.

meesauuni (Finnish): lime kiln

Definitions

  1. lime kiln

Ancestry of “meesauuni”, step by step

meesauuni traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish uuni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishuunioven; stove; furnace
2Old Swedishughnoven
3Old Norseofn
4Proto-Germanicuhnazoven; furnace
5Proto-Indo-Europeanaukw-cooking pot

via Finnish meesa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmeesalime; calcium carbonate produced as a byproduct alongside white liquor
2Swedishmesa
Every word from Proto-Indo-European aukw-
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