Where does “paleltuma” come from?
paleltuma (Finnish) comes from Finnish paleltua, from Finnish paleltaa, from Finnish palella, from Finnish palaa, from Proto-Finnic paladak, from Proto-Uralic pala- — to devour, eat.
paleltuma (Finnish): frostbite
Definitions
- frostbite
Ancestry of “paleltuma”, step by step
paleltuma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish paleltua
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | paleltua | To get frostbitten; To be freezing |
| 2 | Finnish | paleltaa | To feel cold; Third-person singular indicative... |
| 3 | Finnish | palella | to feel cold; To be freezing |
| 4 | Finnish | palaa | to burn; to shine, emit light; to smoke, used... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | paladak | to burn, to be burning |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | pala- | to devour, eat |