Where does “palovahinko” come from?

palovahinko (Finnish) comes from Finnish vahinko, from Proto-Finnic vahinko — mishap, accident.

palovahinko (Finnish): fire damage

Definitions

  1. fire damage

Ancestry of “palovahinko”, step by step

palovahinko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vahinko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvahinkomishap; accident; damage
2Proto-Finnicvahinkomishap, accident

via Finnish Palo

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