Where does “polttoainevara” come from?

polttoainevara (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.

polttoainevara (Finnish): fuel reserve

Definitions

  1. fuel reserve

Ancestry of “polttoainevara”, step by step

polttoainevara 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 vara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvarareserve, backup; resources, reserves, funds,...
2Proto-Germanicwarōattention, care
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwēr-true
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
Every word from Proto-Uralic pala- →Every word from Proto-Finnic paladak →Every word from Proto-Finnic polttadak →