Where does “sydänsula” come from?

sydänsula (Finnish) comes from Finnish sula, from Finnish sulaa, from Proto-Finnic suladak, from Proto-Finno-Ugric sula — to molten, melted; melt, dissolve.

sydänsula (Finnish): corium material from a nuclear meltdown

Definitions

  1. corium material from a nuclear meltdown

Ancestry of “sydänsula”, step by step

sydänsula traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sula

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsulamolten; not having ice cover; pure
2Finnishsulaato melt, thaw; to dissolve, disperse, vanish; to...
3Proto-Finnicsuladakto melt
4Proto-Finno-Ugricsulato molten, melted; melt, dissolve

via Finnish sydän

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsydänheart; core; wick
2Proto-Finnicsüdänheart
3Proto-Uralicśüdämeheart
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric sula →Every word from Proto-Finnic suladak →Every word from Finnish sulaa →