Where does “polttaa siltansa” come from?

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

polttaa siltansa (Finnish): to burn one's bridges

Definitions

  1. to burn one's bridges

Ancestry of “polttaa siltansa”, step by step

polttaa siltansa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish polttaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpolttaato burn; to burn, sunburn; to burn, waste
2Proto-Finnicpolttadakto burn
3Proto-Finnicpaladakto burn, to be burning
4Proto-Uralicpala-to devour, eat

via Finnish silta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsiltabridge; bridge, backbend; Synonym of komentosilta
2Proto-Finnicciltabridge
3Proto-Baltic*tílˀta—
Every word from Proto-Uralic pala- →Every word from Proto-Finnic paladak →Every word from Proto-Finnic polttadak →