Where does “reikärauta” come from?

reikärauta (Finnish) comes from Finnish reikä, from Proto-Finnic raika, from Proto-Finnic rajka.

reikärauta (Finnish): shooting iron

Definitions

  1. shooting iron

Ancestry of “reikärauta”, step by step

reikärauta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish reikä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishreikähole; puncture; cavity
2Proto-Finnicraikahole
3Proto-Finnicrajka—

via Finnish rauta

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