Where does “savupelti” come from?

savupelti (Finnish) comes from Finnish savu, from Proto-Finnic savu, from Proto-Finno-Permic sawe.

savupelti (Finnish): smoke damper

Definitions

  1. smoke damper

Ancestry of “savupelti”, step by step

savupelti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish savu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsavusmoke; a residential building with a chimney, a...
2Proto-Finnicsavu—
3Proto-Finno-Permicsawe—

via Finnish pelti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpeltisheet metal; plate; sheet
2Swedishspälta (long and narrow) gap
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic sawe →Every word from Proto-Finnic savu →Every word from Finnish savu →