Where does “teräskisko” come from?
teräskisko (Finnish) comes from Finnish teräs, from Proto-Finnic teräs, from Proto-Finnic terä, from Proto-Finno-Permic terä — edge.
teräskisko (Finnish): steel rail, steel track, steel bar
Definitions
- steel rail, steel track, steel bar
Ancestry of “teräskisko”, step by step
teräskisko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish teräs
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | teräs | steel |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | teräs | steel; a strip of cloth or leather for... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | terä | blade, edge; ear of corn; grain, corn |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Permic | terä | edge |
via Finnish kisko
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kisko | bar; rail |
| 2 | Finnish | kiskoa | to pull, wrench, tug, tear; to drag, lug, haul; ~... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kiskoidak | to pull, to wrench, to tear |