Where does “halkokuorma” come from?

halkokuorma (Finnish) comes from Finnish halko, from Proto-Finnic halko, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.

halkokuorma (Finnish): load of firewood

Definitions

  1. load of firewood

Ancestry of “halkokuorma”, step by step

halkokuorma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish halko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhalkopiece of firewood cut to about one meter in...
2Proto-Finnichalkopiece of firewood, billet
3Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
4Proto-Uralic-w—

via Finnish kuorma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuormaload, charge, burden
2Proto-Finnickoormaload, burden
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w →Every word from Proto-Finnic -o →Every word from Proto-Finnic halko →