Where does “suomustusrauta” come from?

suomustusrauta (Finnish) comes from Finnish suomustus, from Finnish suomustaa, from Finnish suomu, from Proto-Finnic soomu, from Proto-Uralic śëme — scale.

suomustusrauta (Finnish): fish scaler, tool for scaling fish

Definitions

  1. fish scaler, tool for scaling fish

Ancestry of “suomustusrauta”, step by step

suomustusrauta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish suomustus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuomustusscaling removing scales from a fish
2Finnishsuomustaato scale
3Finnishsuomuscale
4Proto-Finnicsoomuscale
5Proto-Uralicśëmescale

via Finnish rauta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrautairon; shackles, irons; act of getting or state of...
2Proto-Finnicrautairon
Every word from Proto-Uralic śëme →Every word from Proto-Finnic soomu →Every word from Finnish suomu →