Where does “sorkkarauta” come from?

sorkkarauta (Finnish) comes from Finnish rauta, from Proto-Finnic rauta — iron.

sorkkarauta (Finnish): crowbar

Definitions

  1. crowbar

Ancestry of “sorkkarauta”, step by step

sorkkarauta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish rauta

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

via Finnish sorkka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsorkkacloven hoof, cleft hoof, cloven foot; hitch; claw
2Proto-Finnicsorkka—
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