Where does “purkurauta” come from?

purkurauta (Finnish) comes from Finnish purku, from Finnish purkaa, from Proto-Finnic purkadak, from Proto-Finno-Permic purka-.

purkurauta (Finnish): crowbar

Definitions

  1. crowbar

Ancestry of “purkurauta”, step by step

purkurauta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish purku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpurkudemolition; cancellation; clear
2Finnishpurkaato dismantle, dissemble, take apart, disassemble,...
3Proto-Finnicpurkadakto dismantle, to take apart
4Proto-Finno-Permicpurka-—

via Finnish rauta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrautairon; shackles, irons; act of getting or state of...
2Proto-Finnicrautairon
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic purka- →Every word from Proto-Finnic purkadak →Every word from Finnish purkaa →