Where does “kaskenvierto” come from?

kaskenvierto (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaski, from Proto-Finnic kaski, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eHs- — to be/become dry; to burn, to glow; hearth.

kaskenvierto (Finnish): the turning over of wood while burning a part of a forest for a swidden

Definitions

  1. the turning over of wood while burning a part of a forest for a swidden

Ancestry of “kaskenvierto”, step by step

kaskenvierto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via Finnish vierto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviertorolling the act of rolling something
2Finnish-öFront vowel variant of -o
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eHs- →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaski →Every word from Finnish kaski →