Where does “kaskisavu” come from?
kaskisavu (Finnish) comes from Finnish savu, from Proto-Finnic savu, from Proto-Finno-Permic sawe.
kaskisavu (Finnish): the smoke of the fires from slash-and-burn cultivation
Definitions
- the smoke of the fires from slash-and-burn cultivation
Ancestry of “kaskisavu”, step by step
kaskisavu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish savu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | savu | smoke; a residential building with a chimney, a... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | savu | — |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Permic | sawe | — |
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 |