Where does “palonsammutus” come from?

palonsammutus (Finnish) comes from Finnish sammutus, from Finnish sammuttaa, from Finnish sammua, from Proto-Finnic sambudak.

palonsammutus (Finnish): firefighting, fire extinguishing

Definitions

  1. firefighting, fire extinguishing

Ancestry of “palonsammutus”, step by step

palonsammutus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sammutus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsammutusputting out a fire; fire fighting
2Finnishsammuttaato put out, extinguish; to quench, extinguish; to...
3Finnishsammuato go out, die (down) of fire
4Proto-Finnicsambudak—

via Finnish Palo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishPaloname of many small places in Finland
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*palo—
Every word from Proto-Finnic sambudak →Every word from Finnish sammua →Every word from Finnish sammuttaa →