Where does “teräskuitu” come from?
teräskuitu (Finnish) comes from Finnish teräs, from Proto-Finnic teräs, from Proto-Finnic terä, from Proto-Finno-Permic terä — edge.
teräskuitu (Finnish): steel fiber
Ancestry of “teräskuitu”, step by step
teräskuitu 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 kuitu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kuitu | fiber, fibre; filament; Short for ravintokuitu |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kuitu | (flax) fibre/fiber |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Permic | kujčɜ | — |