Where does “rautabakteeri” come from?
rautabakteeri (Finnish) comes from Finnish bakteeri, from New Latin bactērium, from Ancient Greek βακτήριον, from Ancient Greek βακτηρία, from Proto-Indo-European baḱ- — club, pointed stick, peg; pointed stick, peg.
rautabakteeri (Finnish): iron-oxidizing bacterium, iron bacterium
Definitions
- iron-oxidizing bacterium, iron bacterium
Ancestry of “rautabakteeri”, step by step
rautabakteeri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.