Where does “polttoainerekka” come from?

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

polttoainerekka (Finnish): fuel truck

Definitions

  1. fuel truck

Ancestry of “polttoainerekka”, step by step

polttoainerekka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish polttoaine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpolttoainefuel
2Finnishpolttoburn, burning; burn; incineration
3Finnishpolttaato burn; to burn, sunburn; to burn, waste
4Proto-Finnicpolttadakto burn
5Proto-Finnicpaladakto burn, to be burning
6Proto-Uralicpala-to devour, eat

via Finnish rekka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishrekkaA semi-trailer
2Swedishräckerailing, handrail, guard rail
Every word from Proto-Uralic pala- →Every word from Proto-Finnic paladak →Every word from Proto-Finnic polttadak →