Where does “miljoonapalo” come from?

miljoonapalo (Finnish) comes from Finnish miljoona, from Swedish miljon, from French million, from Middle French million, from Old French millon, from Italian milione, from Italian mille, from Latin Mīlle.

miljoonapalo (Finnish): A fire costing one million or more

Definitions

  1. A fire costing one million or more

Ancestry of “miljoonapalo”, step by step

miljoonapalo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish miljoona

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmiljoonaA million, 10
2SwedishmiljonA million, 10
3Frenchmillionmillion, 10
4Middle Frenchmillionmillion, 10
5Old Frenchmillon—
6Italianmilionemillion
7Italianmillethousand
8LatinMīllethousand; 1000
9Proto-Italicsmīɣeslīthousand
10Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—

via Finnish Palo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishPaloname of many small places in Finland
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*palo—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic smīɣeslī →Every word from Latin Mīlle →