Where does “raudanpuute” come from?
raudanpuute (Finnish) comes from Finnish puute, from Finnish puuttua, from Proto-Finnic puuttudak — to catch (onto), snag, get caught in/on.
raudanpuute (Finnish): lack of iron
Ancestry of “raudanpuute”, step by step
raudanpuute traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish puute
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | puute | shortage; deficiency; shortcoming |
| 2 | Finnish | puuttua | to be missing; "inanimate thing in elative" or... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | puuttudak | to catch (onto), snag, get caught in/on |
via Finnish rauta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | rauta | iron; shackles, irons; act of getting or state of... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | rauta | iron |
Words derived from “raudanpuute”