Where does “rautatavara” come from?
rautatavara (Finnish) comes from Finnish tavara, from Hungarian -á, from Proto-Uralic -i.
rautatavara (Finnish): hardware
Ancestry of “rautatavara”, step by step
rautatavara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tavara
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tavara | good, goods, ware, article; belongings, stuff;... |
| 2 | Hungarian | -á | Used to form the third-person singular indicative... |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | -i | — |
via Finnish rauta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | rauta | iron; shackles, irons; act of getting or state of... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | rauta | iron |