Where does “palavasti” come from?

palavasti (Finnish) comes from Finnish palava, from Finnish palaa, from Proto-Finnic paladak, from Proto-Uralic pala- — to devour, eat.

palavasti (Finnish): fierily

Definitions

  1. fierily

Ancestry of “palavasti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalavaburning; flammable, inflammable; Present active...
2Finnishpalaato burn; to shine, emit light; to smoke, used...
3Proto-Finnicpaladakto burn, to be burning
4Proto-Uralicpala-to devour, eat
Every word from Proto-Uralic pala- →Every word from Proto-Finnic paladak →Every word from Finnish palaa →
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