Where does “paukkurauta” come from?

paukkurauta (Finnish) comes from Finnish paukku, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

paukkurauta (Finnish): shooting iron

Definitions

  1. shooting iron

Ancestry of “paukkurauta”, step by step

paukkurauta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish paukku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpaukkudetonation; bang; shot
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish rauta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrautairon; shackles, irons; act of getting or state of...
2Proto-Finnicrautairon
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish paukku →