Where does “rautahilkka” come from?

rautahilkka (Finnish) comes from Finnish rauta, from Proto-Finnic rauta — iron.

rautahilkka (Finnish): gossan

Definitions

  1. gossan

Ancestry of “rautahilkka”, step by step

rautahilkka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish rauta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrautairon; shackles, irons; act of getting or state of...
2Proto-Finnicrautairon

via Finnish hilkka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhilkkabonnet; any plant of the genus Achimenes
2Swedishhilka—
Every word from Proto-Finnic rauta →Every word from Finnish rauta →