Where does “polttaa” come from?

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

polttaa (Finnish): to burn; to burn, sunburn; to burn, waste

Definitions

  1. to burn; to burn, sunburn; to burn, waste

Ancestry of “polttaa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicpolttadakto burn
2Proto-Finnicpaladakto burn, to be burning
3Proto-Uralicpala-to devour, eat

Words derived from “polttaa”

Every word from Proto-Uralic pala- →Every word from Proto-Finnic paladak →Every word from Proto-Finnic polttadak →
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