Where does “tartuntateräs” come from?

tartuntateräs (Finnish) comes from Finnish teräs, from Proto-Finnic teräs, from Proto-Finnic terä, from Proto-Finno-Permic terä — edge.

tartuntateräs (Finnish): a steel piece or hook used to connect or fasten things together

Definitions

  1. a steel piece or hook used to connect or fasten things together

Ancestry of “tartuntateräs”, step by step

tartuntateräs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish teräs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishterässteel
2Proto-Finnicterässteel; a strip of cloth or leather for...
3Proto-Finnicteräblade, edge; ear of corn; grain, corn
4Proto-Finno-Permicteräedge

via Finnish tartunta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtartuntacontagion, infection
2Finnish-ntäFront vowel variant of -nta; API
3Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic terä →Every word from Proto-Finnic terä →Every word from Proto-Finnic teräs →
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