Where does “paloletku” come from?

paloletku (Finnish) comes from Finnish Palo, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *palo.

paloletku (Finnish): A fire hose

Definitions

  1. A fire hose

Ancestry of “paloletku”, step by step

paloletku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Palo

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

via Finnish letku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishletkuA hosepipe, hose
2Russianплёткаwhip
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *palo →Every word from Finnish Palo →