Where does “palokunta” come from?

palokunta (Finnish) comes from Finnish kunta, from Proto-Finnic kunta, from Proto-Finno-Ugric kunta.

palokunta (Finnish): A fire department, fire brigade

Definitions

  1. A fire department, fire brigade

Ancestry of “palokunta”, step by step

palokunta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kunta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuntamunicipality, commune; local political division;...
2Proto-Finnickuntacommunity; group of people
3Proto-Finno-Ugrickunta

via Finnish Palo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishPaloname of many small places in Finland
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*palo

Words derived from “palokunta

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric kunta