Where does “pärevalkea” come from?

pärevalkea (Finnish) comes from Finnish valkea, from Proto-Finnic valkeda, from Proto-Finno-Ugric wëlketa.

pärevalkea (Finnish): light shed by a burning piece of wood on

Definitions

  1. light shed by a burning piece of wood on

Ancestry of “pärevalkea”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvalkeawhite; bright; fire, campfire
2Proto-Finnicvalkedawhite
3Proto-Finno-Ugricwëlketa—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric wëlketa →Every word from Proto-Finnic valkeda →Every word from Finnish valkea →