Where does “rautanuija” come from?

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

rautanuija (Finnish): mace weapon

Definitions

  1. mace weapon

Ancestry of “rautanuija”, step by step

rautanuija 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 nuija

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnuijaclub; mallet, maul; bludgeon
2Proto-Finnicnuijaclub, cudgel
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