Where does “rautasälpä” come from?

rautasälpä (Finnish) comes from Finnish sälpä, from Finnish sala, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *sala, from Proto-Uralic śala — elm.

rautasälpä (Finnish): siderite

Definitions

  1. siderite

Ancestry of “rautasälpä”, step by step

rautasälpä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sälpä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsälpäspar
2FinnishsalaA secret
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*sala—
4Proto-Uralicśalaelm

via Finnish rauta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrautairon; shackles, irons; act of getting or state of...
2Proto-Finnicrautairon
Every word from Proto-Uralic śala →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *sala →Every word from Finnish sala →