Where does “terässula” come from?
terässula (Finnish) comes from Finnish teräs, from Proto-Finnic teräs, from Proto-Finnic terä, from Proto-Finno-Permic terä — edge.
terässula (Finnish): molten steel, steel melt
Ancestry of “terässula”, step by step
terässula 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 sula
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sula | molten; not having ice cover; pure |
| 2 | Finnish | sulaa | to melt, thaw; to dissolve, disperse, vanish; to... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | suladak | to melt |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | sula | to molten, melted; melt, dissolve |