Where does “dieselpolttoaine” come from?

dieselpolttoaine (Finnish) comes from Finnish polttoaine, from Finnish poltto, from Finnish polttaa, from Proto-Finnic polttadak, from Proto-Finnic paladak, from Proto-Uralic pala- — to devour, eat.

dieselpolttoaine (Finnish): diesel fuel

Definitions

  1. diesel fuel

Ancestry of “dieselpolttoaine”, step by step

dieselpolttoaine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish polttoaine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpolttoainefuel
2Finnishpolttoburn, burning; burn; incineration
3Finnishpolttaato burn; to burn, sunburn; to burn, waste
4Proto-Finnicpolttadakto burn
5Proto-Finnicpaladakto burn, to be burning
6Proto-Uralicpala-to devour, eat

via Finnish diesel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishdieseldiesel car, diesel; diesel motor, diesel engine;...
2GermanDieseldiesel vehicle powered by a diesel engine
Every word from Proto-Uralic pala- →Every word from Proto-Finnic paladak →Every word from Proto-Finnic polttadak →