Where does “rautaromu” come from?

rautaromu (Finnish) comes from Finnish romu, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

rautaromu (Finnish): iron scrap, scrap iron

Definitions

  1. iron scrap, scrap iron

Ancestry of “rautaromu”, step by step

rautaromu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish romu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishromuscrap, junk, especially one that consists of...
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish rauta

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