Where does “polttoleikata” come from?

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

polttoleikata (Finnish): to flame-cut cut by flame or oxyfuel cutting

Definitions

  1. to flame-cut cut by flame or oxyfuel cutting

Ancestry of “polttoleikata”, step by step

polttoleikata 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 leikata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleikatato cut; to incise; to mow
2Proto-Finnicleik'at'akto cut
Every word from Proto-Uralic pala-Every word from Proto-Finnic paladakEvery word from Proto-Finnic polttadak