Where does “räjähdystarvike” come from?

räjähdystarvike (Finnish) comes from Finnish tarvike, from Finnish tarve, from Proto-Finnic tarbeh, from Proto-Germanic þarbiz — useful.

räjähdystarvike (Finnish): explosive, (piece of) explosive equipment

Definitions

  1. explosive, (piece of) explosive equipment

Ancestry of “räjähdystarvike”, step by step

räjähdystarvike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tarvike

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtarvikea minor utensil; accessory; article
2Finnishtarveneed; demand
3Proto-Finnictarbeh—
4Proto-Germanicþarbizuseful

via Finnish räjähdys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishräjähdysexplosion
2Finnishräjähtääto explode, burst, blow up; to detonate; to blow...
Every word from Proto-Germanic þarbiz →Every word from Proto-Finnic tarbeh →Every word from Finnish tarve →