Where does “peltiromu” come from?

peltiromu (Finnish) comes from Finnish romu, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

peltiromu (Finnish): (sheet) metal scrap

Definitions

  1. (sheet) metal scrap

Ancestry of “peltiromu”, step by step

peltiromu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish romu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishromuscrap, junk, especially one that consists of...
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish pelti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpeltisheet metal; plate; sheet
2Swedishspälta (long and narrow) gap
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →