Where does “kaskenpolttaja” come from?

kaskenpolttaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish polttaja, from Finnish jä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

kaskenpolttaja (Finnish): a person involved in slash-and-burn cultivation

Definitions

  1. a person involved in slash-and-burn cultivation

Ancestry of “kaskenpolttaja”, step by step

kaskenpolttaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish polttaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpolttajaburner; smoker; shortstop
2Finnishjäice
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja—
4Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
5Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
6Proto-Germanic-hwe—
7Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Finnish kaski

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkaskiBurn-clearing, slash and burn
2Proto-Finnickaskiswidden, slash-and-burned land; copse, especially...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eHs-to be/become dry; to burn, to glow; hearth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →