Where does “Vahter” come from?

Vahter (Finnish) comes from Finnish vaahtera, from Proto-Finnic vahtera — maple.

Ancestry of “Vahter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaahteramaple any tree of the genus
2Proto-Finnicvahteramaple
Every word from Proto-Finnic vahtera →Every word from Finnish vaahtera →
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