Where does “rautakanki” come from?

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

rautakanki (Finnish): iron bar

Definitions

  1. iron bar

Ancestry of “rautakanki”, step by step

rautakanki 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 kanki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkankibar
2Proto-Finnickankibar, lever
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