Where does “räjäytysnalli” come from?

räjäytysnalli (Finnish) comes from Finnish nalli, from Swedish knall, from Swedish knallfull, from Swedish full, from Old Norse fullr, from Proto-Germanic fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

räjäytysnalli (Finnish): blasting cap

Definitions

  1. blasting cap

Ancestry of “räjäytysnalli”, step by step

räjäytysnalli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nalli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnalliprimer
2Swedishknallbang
3Swedishknallfullvery drunk
4Swedishfullfull; drunk, intoxicated
5Old Norsefullrfull
6Proto-Germanicfullazfull; the whole, the entire
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

via Finnish räjäytys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishräjäytysA controlled explosion, blast
2Finnish-usForms nouns from verbs, describing an action or...
3Proto-Finnic-usForms some nouns from nominal stems
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