Where does “kitupoltto” come from?

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

kitupoltto (Finnish): burning wood with insufficient air

Definitions

  1. burning wood with insufficient air

Ancestry of “kitupoltto”, step by step

kitupoltto 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 Swahili kitu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swahilikituthing
2Proto-Bantukɪ̀ntʊ̀thing, object
3Proto-Bantu*-ntʊ̀—
Every word from Proto-Uralic pala- →Every word from Proto-Finnic paladak →Every word from Proto-Finnic polttadak →
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