Where does “kaskenkaato” come from?
kaskenkaato (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaato, from Finnish kaataa, from Proto-Finnic kaatadak — to overturn; to spill, to pour out.
kaskenkaato (Finnish): felling trees for slash-and-burn agriculture
Definitions
- felling trees for slash-and-burn agriculture
Ancestry of “kaskenkaato”, step by step
kaskenkaato traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kaato
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kaato | felling; killing; strike |
| 2 | Finnish | kaataa | to knock/tip/turn over, overturn, upset, knock down |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kaatadak | to overturn; to spill, to pour out |
via Finnish kaski
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kaski | Burn-clearing, slash and burn |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kaski | swidden, slash-and-burned land; copse, especially... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eHs- | to be/become dry; to burn, to glow; hearth |