Where does “peltiranka” come from?

peltiranka (Finnish) comes from Finnish pelti, from Swedish spält — a (long and narrow) gap.

peltiranka (Finnish): sheet metal profile, sheet metal frame

Definitions

  1. sheet metal profile, sheet metal frame

Ancestry of “peltiranka”, step by step

peltiranka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pelti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpeltisheet metal; plate; sheet
2Swedishspälta (long and narrow) gap

via Finnish ranka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrankapole; stalk; spine
2Proto-Finnicranka—
Every word from Swedish spält →Every word from Finnish pelti →