Where does “rautasänky” come from?

rautasänky (Finnish) comes from Finnish sänky, from Swedish säng, from Old Swedish siang, from Old Norse sæing, from Old Norse sæng — a late variant of sæing.

rautasänky (Finnish): iron bed, iron bedframe

Definitions

  1. iron bed, iron bedframe

Ancestry of “rautasänky”, step by step

rautasänky traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sänky

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsänkybed, bedstead; sex, especially in the expressions...
2Swedishsänga bed; a piece of furniture used for sleeping
3Old Swedishsiang
4Old Norsesæingbed
5Old Norsesænga late variant of sæing

via Finnish rauta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrautairon; shackles, irons; act of getting or state of...
2Proto-Finnicrautairon
Every word from Old Norse sængEvery word from Old Norse sæingEvery word from Old Swedish siang