Where does “upokasteräs” come from?
upokasteräs (Finnish) comes from Finnish upokas, from Finnish -käs, from Proto-Finnic -k'as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.
upokasteräs (Finnish): crucible steel
Ancestry of “upokasteräs”, step by step
upokasteräs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish upokas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | upokas | crucible |
| 2 | Finnish | -käs | Front vowel variant of -kas |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -k'as | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating a... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -s | Forms nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | -s | — |
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 |