Where does “seinärauta” come from?

seinärauta (Finnish) comes from Finnish seinä, from Proto-Finnic saina — wall.

seinärauta (Finnish): an iron or a metal stand attached to a wall

Definitions

  1. an iron or a metal stand attached to a wall

Ancestry of “seinärauta”, step by step

seinärauta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish seinä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseinäwall; mains; Essive singular form of sei
2Proto-Finnicsainawall

via Finnish rauta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrautairon; shackles, irons; act of getting or state of...
2Proto-Finnicrautairon
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