Where does “rautasulatto” come from?

rautasulatto (Finnish) comes from Finnish sulatto, from Finnish sulaa, from Proto-Finnic suladak, from Proto-Finno-Ugric sula — to molten, melted; melt, dissolve.

rautasulatto (Finnish): iron smelter, iron smelting works

Definitions

  1. iron smelter, iron smelting works

Ancestry of “rautasulatto”, step by step

rautasulatto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sulatto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsulattosmelter
2Finnishsulaato melt, thaw; to dissolve, disperse, vanish; to...
3Proto-Finnicsuladakto melt
4Proto-Finno-Ugricsulato molten, melted; melt, dissolve

via Finnish rauta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrautairon; shackles, irons; act of getting or state of...
2Proto-Finnicrautairon
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric sula →Every word from Proto-Finnic suladak →Every word from Finnish sulaa →