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Where does “paleltunut” come from?

paleltunut (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.

paleltunut (Finnish): frostbitten; past active participle of paleltua;...

Definitions

  1. frostbitten; past active participle of paleltua;...

Ancestry of “paleltunut”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishpaleltuaTo get frostbitten; To be freezing
2FinnishpaleltaaTo feel cold; Third-person singular indicative...
3Finnishpalellato feel cold; To be freezing
4Finnishpalaato burn; to shine, emit light; to smoke, used...
5Proto-Finnicpaladakto burn, to be burning
6Proto-Uralicpala-to devour, eat
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