Where does “kertapolttaa” come from?
kertapolttaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish polttaa, from Proto-Finnic polttadak, from Proto-Finnic paladak, from Proto-Uralic pala- — to devour, eat.
kertapolttaa (Finnish): to single-fire
Ancestry of “kertapolttaa”, step by step
kertapolttaa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish polttaa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | polttaa | to burn; to burn, sunburn; to burn, waste |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | polttadak | to burn |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | paladak | to burn, to be burning |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | pala- | to devour, eat |
via Finnish kerta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kerta | time, occasion; time; times; also once, when the... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kerta | time |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | kert- | times; to weave, twist together; time |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | *keŕ- | to travel, tour |