Where does “polttohake” come from?

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

polttohake (Finnish): wood chip or pellet for use as fuel

Definitions

  1. wood chip or pellet for use as fuel

Ancestry of “polttohake”, step by step

polttohake traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish poltto

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

via Finnish hake

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhakewoodchips as mass, e.g. when used as fuel
2Finnishhakatato hit something repeatedly, as a nail with a...
3Proto-Finnichak'at'ak—
Every word from Proto-Uralic pala- →Every word from Proto-Finnic paladak →Every word from Proto-Finnic polttadak →