Where does “savusukeltaja” come from?

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

savusukeltaja (Finnish): A smoke diver; a firefighter with breathing apparatus who enters smoke-filled rooms and buildings (to search, rescue, and extinguish)

Definitions

  1. A smoke diver; a firefighter with breathing apparatus who enters smoke-filled rooms and buildings (to search, rescue, and extinguish)

Ancestry of “savusukeltaja”, step by step

savusukeltaja 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 sukeltaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsukeltajadiver
2Finnishsukeltaato dive
3Proto-Finniccuk'eldakto dive
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic sawe →Every word from Proto-Finnic savu →Every word from Finnish savu →