Where does “palokypärä” come from?

palokypärä (Finnish) comes from Finnish kypärä, from Proto-Finnic küpärä, from Proto-Baltic kepur-.

palokypärä (Finnish): fire and rescue helmet, firefighter helmet

Definitions

  1. fire and rescue helmet, firefighter helmet

Ancestry of “palokypärä”, step by step

palokypärä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kypärä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkypärähelmet; hard hat
2Proto-Finnicküpärähat
3Proto-Baltickepur-—

via Finnish Palo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishPaloname of many small places in Finland
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*palo—
Every word from Proto-Baltic kepur- →Every word from Proto-Finnic küpärä →Every word from Finnish kypärä →