Where does “teräksenluja” come from?

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

teräksenluja (Finnish): strong or firm as steel

Definitions

  1. strong or firm as steel

Ancestry of “teräksenluja”, step by step

teräksenluja 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 luja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlujafirm; sound; loud
2Finnish-ntääFront vowel variant of -ntaa
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