Where does “ruumiinpoltto” come from?

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

ruumiinpoltto (Finnish): cremation burning a corpse

Definitions

  1. cremation burning a corpse

Ancestry of “ruumiinpoltto”, step by step

ruumiinpoltto 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 ruumis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruumisbody; corpse, cadaver
2Proto-Finnicruumisbody
Every word from Proto-Uralic pala- →Every word from Proto-Finnic paladak →Every word from Proto-Finnic polttadak →