Where does “tuhopolttaa” come from?

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

tuhopolttaa (Finnish): to burn down (illegally), to commit arson on

Definitions

  1. to burn down (illegally), to commit arson on

Ancestry of “tuhopolttaa”, step by step

tuhopolttaa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish polttaa

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

via Finnish tuho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuhodestruction; fall; doom
2Proto-Finnictuhodestruction, ruin
Every word from Proto-Uralic pala- →Every word from Proto-Finnic paladak →Every word from Proto-Finnic polttadak →