Where does “salapolttimo” come from?

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

salapolttimo (Finnish): moonshine brewery

Definitions

  1. moonshine brewery

Ancestry of “salapolttimo”, step by step

salapolttimo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish polttimo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpolttimodistillery, brewery; bulb; burner
2Finnishpolttaato burn; to burn, sunburn; to burn, waste
3Proto-Finnicpolttadakto burn
4Proto-Finnicpaladakto burn, to be burning
5Proto-Uralicpala-to devour, eat

via Finnish sala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsalaA secret
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*sala—
3Proto-Uralicśalaelm
Every word from Proto-Uralic pala- →Every word from Proto-Finnic paladak →Every word from Proto-Finnic polttadak →