Where does “mestauskirves” come from?

mestauskirves (Finnish) comes from Finnish mestaus, from Finnish -us, from Proto-Finnic -us — Forms some nouns from nominal stems.

mestauskirves (Finnish): beheading axe

Definitions

  1. beheading axe

Ancestry of “mestauskirves”, step by step

mestauskirves traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mestaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmestausdecapitation, beheading
2Finnish-usForms nouns from verbs, describing an action or...
3Proto-Finnic-usForms some nouns from nominal stems

via Finnish kirves

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirvesaxe
2Proto-Finnickirvesaxe
Every word from Proto-Finnic -us →Every word from Finnish -us →Every word from Finnish mestaus →