Where does “polttoainesauva” come from?

polttoainesauva (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.

polttoainesauva (Finnish): fuel rod

Definitions

  1. fuel rod

Ancestry of “polttoainesauva”, step by step

polttoainesauva 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 sauva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsauvawand, staff, stick, rod; ski pole; rod cell
2Proto-Finnicsauvastaff, stick
3Proto-Finno-Ugricśawŋa—
Every word from Proto-Uralic pala- →Every word from Proto-Finnic paladak →Every word from Proto-Finnic polttadak →
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