Where does “jätepolttoaine” come from?

jätepolttoaine (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.

jätepolttoaine (Finnish): waste fuel

Definitions

  1. waste fuel

Ancestry of “jätepolttoaine”, step by step

jätepolttoaine 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 jäte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjätewaste, garbage, rubbish
2Finnishjättääto leave; to take, drop off, deliver; to submit
3Proto-Finnicjättädäkto leave
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic pala- →Every word from Proto-Finnic paladak →Every word from Proto-Finnic polttadak →