Where does “kulopalo” come from?

kulopalo (Finnish) comes from Finnish kulo, from Proto-Finnic kulo, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂w-.

kulopalo (Finnish): grassfire

Definitions

  1. grassfire

Ancestry of “kulopalo”, step by step

kulopalo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kulo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkuloDry, dead grass from previous summer; wildfire
2Proto-Finnickulodry grass from previous year
3Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂w-—

via Finnish Palo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishPaloname of many small places in Finland
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*palo—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂w- →Every word from Proto-Finnic kulo →Every word from Finnish kulo →