Where does “rasvapalo” come from?

rasvapalo (Finnish) comes from Finnish rasva, from Proto-Finnic rasva — fat.

rasvapalo (Finnish): grease fire, oil fire

Definitions

  1. grease fire, oil fire

Ancestry of “rasvapalo”, step by step

rasvapalo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish rasva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrasvafat; grease; ointment
2Proto-Finnicrasvafat

via Finnish Palo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishPaloname of many small places in Finland
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*palo—
Every word from Proto-Finnic rasva →Every word from Finnish rasva →