Where does “jälkipoltin” come from?

jälkipoltin (Finnish) comes from Finnish poltin, from Finnish polttaa, from Proto-Finnic polttadak, from Proto-Finnic paladak, from Proto-Uralic pala- — to devour, eat.

jälkipoltin (Finnish): afterburner

Definitions

  1. afterburner

Ancestry of “jälkipoltin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpoltinburner; First-person singular indicative past...
2Finnishpolttaato burn; to burn, sunburn; to burn, waste
3Proto-Finnicpolttadakto burn
4Proto-Finnicpaladakto burn, to be burning
5Proto-Uralicpala-to devour, eat
Every word from Proto-Uralic pala- →Every word from Proto-Finnic paladak →Every word from Proto-Finnic polttadak →
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