Where does “rasvapoltto” come from?

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

rasvapoltto (Finnish): seasoning treating the cooking surface of a cast iron, steel etc. piece of cookware with oil or fat to create a non-stick surface

Definitions

  1. seasoning treating the cooking surface of a cast iron, steel etc. piece of cookware with oil or fat to create a non-stick surface

Ancestry of “rasvapoltto”, step by step

rasvapoltto 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 rasva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrasvafat; grease; ointment
2Proto-Finnicrasvafat
Every word from Proto-Uralic pala- →Every word from Proto-Finnic paladak →Every word from Proto-Finnic polttadak →
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