Where does “peltiruuvi” come from?

peltiruuvi (Finnish) comes from Finnish ruuvi, from Middle Low German schrūve, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

peltiruuvi (Finnish): sheet metal screw

Definitions

  1. sheet metal screw

Ancestry of “peltiruuvi”, step by step

peltiruuvi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ruuvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruuviscrew
2Middle Low Germanschrūvescrew machine
3Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth

via Finnish pelti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpeltisheet metal; plate; sheet
2Swedishspälta (long and narrow) gap
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- →Every word from Middle Low German schrūve →Every word from Finnish ruuvi →