Where does “sammute” come from?

sammute (Finnish) comes from Finnish sammuttaa, from Finnish sammua, from Proto-Finnic sambudak.

sammute (Finnish): extinguishant

Definitions

  1. extinguishant

Ancestry of “sammute”, step by step

sammute traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sammuttaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsammuttaato put out, extinguish; to quench, extinguish; to...
2Finnishsammuato go out, die (down) of fire
3Proto-Finnicsambudak—

via Finnish e

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnisheE note
Every word from Proto-Finnic sambudak →Every word from Finnish sammua →Every word from Finnish sammuttaa →