Where does “palosammutin” come from?

palosammutin (Finnish) comes from Finnish sammutin, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

palosammutin (Finnish): fire extinguisher

Definitions

  1. fire extinguisher

Ancestry of “palosammutin”, step by step

palosammutin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sammutin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsammutinfire extinguisher; First-person singular...
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
4Proto-Uralic-ma—

via Finnish Palo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishPaloname of many small places in Finland
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*palo—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Finnish -in →Every word from Finnish sammutin →