Where does “tuhopolttohimo” come from?

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

tuhopolttohimo (Finnish): pyromania

Definitions

  1. pyromania

Ancestry of “tuhopolttohimo”, step by step

tuhopolttohimo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tuhopoltto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuhopolttoarson
2Finnishpolttoburn, burning; burn; incineration
3Finnishpolttaato burn; to burn, sunburn; to burn, waste
4Proto-Finnicpolttadakto burn
5Proto-Finnicpaladakto burn, to be burning
6Proto-Uralicpala-to devour, eat

via Finnish himo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhimolust, desire, passion, craving
2Proto-Finnichimodesire, wish, craving
Every word from Proto-Uralic pala- →Every word from Proto-Finnic paladak →Every word from Proto-Finnic polttadak →