Where does “ruohikkopalo” come from?

ruohikkopalo (Finnish) comes from Finnish ruohikko, from Finnish ruoho, from Proto-Finnic rooho, from Proto-Germanic grasą, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- — to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow.

ruohikkopalo (Finnish): grassfire, grass fire

Definitions

  1. grassfire, grass fire

Ancestry of “ruohikkopalo”, step by step

ruohikkopalo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ruohikko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruohikkograss; lawn
2Finnishruohograss mass noun; blade of grass individual specimen
3Proto-Finnicroohograss
4Proto-Germanicgrasągrass
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰreh₁-to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow

via Finnish Palo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishPaloname of many small places in Finland
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*palo—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grasą →Every word from Proto-Finnic rooho →