Where does “rautakoura” come from?

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

rautakoura (Finnish): iron fist ruthless control

Definitions

  1. iron fist ruthless control

Ancestry of “rautakoura”, step by step

rautakoura 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 koura

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkourafist; grapple, grab
2Proto-Finnickoprahollow of the hand
Every word from Proto-Finnic rautaEvery word from Finnish rauta