Where does “rikkimonoksidi” come from?

rikkimonoksidi (Finnish) comes from Finnish rikki, from Finnish rikkoa, from Proto-Finnic rikkodak — to break; to ruin, to mar, to damage.

rikkimonoksidi (Finnish): sulfur monoxide

Definitions

  1. sulfur monoxide

Ancestry of “rikkimonoksidi”, step by step

rikkimonoksidi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish rikki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrikkisulfur, sulphur; broken
2Finnishrikkoato break; to violate, breach; to offend, to...
3Proto-Finnicrikkodakto break; to ruin, to mar, to damage

via Finnish monoksidi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmonoksidimonoxide
Every word from Proto-Finnic rikkodak →Every word from Finnish rikkoa →Every word from Finnish rikki →