Where does “sammutus” come from?

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

sammutus (Finnish): putting out a fire; fire fighting

Definitions

  1. putting out a fire; fire fighting

Ancestry of “sammutus”, step by step

sammutus 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 us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing

Words derived from “sammutus”

Every word from Proto-Finnic sambudak →Every word from Finnish sammua →Every word from Finnish sammuttaa →