Where does “sydänsieppari” come from?

sydänsieppari (Finnish) comes from Finnish sydän, from Proto-Finnic südän, from Proto-Uralic śüdäme — heart.

sydänsieppari (Finnish): core catcher device designed to safely catch the core of a nuclear reactor in case of meltdown

Definitions

  1. core catcher device designed to safely catch the core of a nuclear reactor in case of meltdown

Ancestry of “sydänsieppari”, step by step

sydänsieppari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sydän

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsydänheart; core; wick
2Proto-Finnicsüdänheart
3Proto-Uralicśüdämeheart

via Finnish sieppari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsiepparicatcher; any passerine bird of the genus...
2FinnishAri—
3Latinadrianus—
Every word from Proto-Uralic śüdäme →