Where does “timanttisormus” come from?

timanttisormus (Finnish) comes from Finnish sormus, from Proto-Finnic sormus — ring (finger ring).

timanttisormus (Finnish): diamond ring

Definitions

  1. diamond ring

Ancestry of “timanttisormus”, step by step

timanttisormus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sormus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsormusring
2Proto-Finnicsormusring (finger ring)

via Finnish timantti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtimanttidiamond
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