Where does “rautaneitsyt” come from?

rautaneitsyt (Finnish) comes from Finnish neitsyt, from Finnish neiti, from Proto-Finnic neiti, from Proto-Uralic nejde — girl.

rautaneitsyt (Finnish): iron maiden

Definitions

  1. iron maiden

Ancestry of “rautaneitsyt”, step by step

rautaneitsyt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish neitsyt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishneitsytA virgin
2Finnishneitimiss
3Proto-Finnicneitigirl, young woman
4Proto-Uralicnejdegirl

via Finnish rauta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrautairon; shackles, irons; act of getting or state of...
2Proto-Finnicrautairon
Every word from Proto-Uralic nejde →Every word from Proto-Finnic neiti →Every word from Finnish neiti →