Where does “palokolmio” come from?

palokolmio (Finnish) comes from Finnish kolmio, from Finnish kolme, from Finnish kolmi, from Proto-Uralic *kolme.

palokolmio (Finnish): fire triangle

Definitions

  1. fire triangle

Ancestry of “palokolmio”, step by step

palokolmio traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kolmio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkolmiotriangle; three-room apartment; give way sign,...
2Finnishkolmethree
3Finnishkolmitri-
4Proto-Uralic*kolme—

via Finnish Palo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishPaloname of many small places in Finland
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*palo—
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kolme →Every word from Finnish kolmi →Every word from Finnish kolme →