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Where does “paleltua” come from?

paleltua (Finnish) comes from Finnish paleltaa, from Finnish palella, from Finnish palaa, from Proto-Finnic paladak, from Proto-Uralic pala- — to devour, eat.

paleltua (Finnish): To get frostbitten; To be freezing

Definitions

  1. To get frostbitten; To be freezing

Ancestry of “paleltua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishpaleltaaTo feel cold; Third-person singular indicative...
2Finnishpalellato feel cold; To be freezing
3Finnishpalaato burn; to shine, emit light; to smoke, used...
4Proto-Finnicpaladakto burn, to be burning
5Proto-Uralicpala-to devour, eat

Words derived from “paleltua”

  • paleltunut
  • paleltuma
Every word from Proto-Uralic pala- →