Where does “tulenpalava” come from?
tulenpalava (Finnish) comes from Finnish palava, from Finnish palaa, from Proto-Finnic paladak, from Proto-Uralic pala- — to devour, eat.
tulenpalava (Finnish): ardent, vehement, burning like fire
Definitions
- ardent, vehement, burning like fire
Ancestry of “tulenpalava”, step by step
tulenpalava traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish palava
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | palava | burning; flammable, inflammable; Present active... |
| 2 | Finnish | palaa | to burn; to shine, emit light; to smoke, used... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | paladak | to burn, to be burning |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | pala- | to devour, eat |
via Finnish tuli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tuli | fire; campfire; Third-person singular indicative... |
| 2 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *tuli | — |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | tule | fire |