Where does “teräsbetonirunko” come from?

teräsbetonirunko (Finnish) comes from Finnish teräsbetoni, from Finnish betoni, from French béton, from Latin bitūmen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.

teräsbetonirunko (Finnish): reinforced concrete frame

Definitions

  1. reinforced concrete frame

Ancestry of “teräsbetonirunko”, step by step

teräsbetonirunko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish teräsbetoni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishteräsbetonireinforced concrete
2Finnishbetoniconcrete
3Frenchbétonconcrete; to drop
4Latinbitūmenmineral pitch, bitumen
5Latin-menforms neuter nouns of the third declension
6Proto-Italic*-mn̥—

via Finnish runko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrunkotrunk; hull; body
2Proto-Finnicrunkabody, torso
Every word from Proto-Italic *-mn̥ →Every word from Latin -men →Every word from Latin bitūmen →