Where does “pintasalama” come from?

pintasalama (Finnish) comes from Finnish pinta, from Proto-Finnic pinta, from Proto-Germanic spindaz — fat; lard; grease; smear; marrow.

pintasalama (Finnish): sheet lightning

Definitions

  1. sheet lightning

Ancestry of “pintasalama”, step by step

pintasalama traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pinta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpintasurface
2Proto-Finnicpintasurface; sapwood; fat
3Proto-Germanicspindazfat; lard; grease; smear; marrow

via Finnish Salama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishSalamalightning, bolt
2Proto-Finnicsalamalightning
3Proto-Uralicśalaelm
Every word from Proto-Germanic spindaz →Every word from Proto-Finnic pinta →Every word from Finnish pinta →