Where does “poltto” come from?

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

poltto (Finnish): burn, burning; burn; incineration

Definitions

  1. burn, burning; burn; incineration

Ancestry of “poltto”, step by step

poltto 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 o

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisho—

Words derived from “poltto”

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