Where does “meltorauta” come from?

meltorauta (Finnish) comes from Finnish melto, from Russian мел, from Proto-Slavic mělъ.

meltorauta (Finnish): malleable iron

Definitions

  1. malleable iron

Ancestry of “meltorauta”, step by step

meltorauta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish melto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmeltoductile
2Russianмелchalk; cocaine
3Proto-Slavicmělъ—

via Finnish rauta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrautairon; shackles, irons; act of getting or state of...
2Proto-Finnicrautairon
Every word from Proto-Slavic mělъ →Every word from Russian мел →Every word from Finnish melto →