Where does “rautaseos” come from?

rautaseos (Finnish) comes from Finnish seos, from Finnish seka-, from Proto-Finnic seka — mixed.

rautaseos (Finnish): ferroalloy

Definitions

  1. ferroalloy

Ancestry of “rautaseos”, step by step

rautaseos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish seos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseosmixture, mix; alloy
2Finnishseka-mixed; cross-
3Proto-Finnicsekamixed

via Finnish rauta

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