Where does “nyrkkirauta” come from?
nyrkkirauta (Finnish) comes from Finnish rauta, from Proto-Finnic rauta — iron.
nyrkkirauta (Finnish): brass knuckles
Ancestry of “nyrkkirauta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | rauta | iron; shackles, irons; act of getting or state of... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | rauta | iron |