Where does “rikkitrioksidi” come from?

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

rikkitrioksidi (Finnish): sulfur trioxide

Definitions

  1. sulfur trioxide

Ancestry of “rikkitrioksidi”, step by step

rikkitrioksidi 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 trioksidi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtrioksiditrioxide
2Finnishoksidioxide
Every word from Proto-Finnic rikkodak →Every word from Finnish rikkoa →Every word from Finnish rikki →