Where does “valurauta” come from?
valurauta (Finnish) comes from Finnish valu, from Finnish valaa, from Proto-Finnic valadak, from Proto-Finno-Permic wala-.
valurauta (Finnish): cast iron
Ancestry of “valurauta”, step by step
valurauta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish valu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | valu | cast; Indicative present connegative form of... |
| 2 | Finnish | valaa | to cast, pour, throw; to cast, mold; Partitive... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | valadak | to pour; to cast |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Permic | wala- | — |
via Finnish rauta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | rauta | iron; shackles, irons; act of getting or state of... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | rauta | iron |
Words derived from “valurauta”