Where does “kaskenpoltto” come from?

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

kaskenpoltto (Finnish): slash and burn; burning vegetation to make a swidden

Definitions

  1. slash and burn; burning vegetation to make a swidden

Ancestry of “kaskenpoltto”, step by step

kaskenpoltto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish poltto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpolttoburn, burning; burn; incineration
2Finnishpolttaato burn; to burn, sunburn; to burn, waste
3Proto-Finnicpolttadakto burn
4Proto-Finnicpaladakto burn, to be burning
5Proto-Uralicpala-to devour, eat

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-Uralic pala- →Every word from Proto-Finnic paladak →Every word from Proto-Finnic polttadak →