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
- A fire department, fire brigade
Ancestry of “palokunta”, step by step
palokunta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kunta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kunta | municipality, commune; local political division;... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kunta | community; group of people |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | kunta | — |
via Finnish Palo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Palo | name of many small places in Finland |
| 2 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *palo | — |
Words derived from “palokunta”