Where does “poltinrauta” come from?

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

poltinrauta (Finnish): branding iron

Definitions

  1. branding iron

Ancestry of “poltinrauta”, step by step

poltinrauta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish poltin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpoltinburner; First-person singular indicative past...
2Finnishpolttaato burn; to burn, sunburn; to burn, waste
3Proto-Finnicpolttadakto burn
4Proto-Finnicpaladakto burn, to be burning
5Proto-Uralicpala-to devour, eat

via Finnish rauta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrautairon; shackles, irons; act of getting or state of...
2Proto-Finnicrautairon
Every word from Proto-Uralic pala- →Every word from Proto-Finnic paladak →Every word from Proto-Finnic polttadak →