Where does “sinkityslinja” come from?

sinkityslinja (Finnish) comes from Finnish sinkitys, from Finnish sinkitä, from Finnish sinkki, from Swedish zink, from German zink, from Middle High German zinke, from Old High German zinko, from Proto-Germanic tindaz — to eat.

sinkityslinja (Finnish): galvanizing line

Definitions

  1. galvanizing line

Ancestry of “sinkityslinja”, step by step

sinkityslinja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sinkitys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsinkitysgalvanizing
2FinnishsinkitäTo galvanise/galvanize
3Finnishsinkkizinc; cornett
4Swedishzinkzinc
5Germanzinksingular imperative of zinken; first-person...
6Middle High Germanzinketine, prong
7Old High Germanzinko—
8Proto-Germanictindaztooth; cog; peg; tine; nail; spike; prong; peak;...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃dóntstooth
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ed-to eat

via Finnish linja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlinjaline; policy, line; curriculum, study program
2Old Swedishlinia—
3LatinlīneaA linen thread
4Latinlīnumflax
5Proto-Italiclīnom—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃dónts →Every word from Proto-Germanic tindaz →