Where does “poltattaa” come from?

poltattaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish polttaa, from Proto-Finnic polttadak, from Proto-Finnic paladak, from Proto-Uralic pala- — to devour, eat.

poltattaa (Finnish): to have (something) burned

Definitions

  1. to have (something) burned

Ancestry of “poltattaa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpolttaato burn; to burn, sunburn; to burn, waste
2Proto-Finnicpolttadakto burn
3Proto-Finnicpaladakto burn, to be burning
4Proto-Uralicpala-to devour, eat
Every word from Proto-Uralic pala-Every word from Proto-Finnic paladakEvery word from Proto-Finnic polttadak
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