Where does “lehmisavu” come from?

lehmisavu (Finnish) comes from Finnish savu, from Proto-Finnic savu, from Proto-Finno-Permic sawe.

lehmisavu (Finnish): a campfire lit to produce smoke to keep insects away while the cows were being milked

Definitions

  1. a campfire lit to produce smoke to keep insects away while the cows were being milked

Ancestry of “lehmisavu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsavusmoke; a residential building with a chimney, a...
2Proto-Finnicsavu—
3Proto-Finno-Permicsawe—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic sawe →Every word from Proto-Finnic savu →Every word from Finnish savu →