Where does “arabikevät” come from?

arabikevät (Finnish) comes from Finnish kevät, from Proto-Finnic kevät, from Proto-Uralic keŋä — spring.

arabikevät (Finnish): Arab Spring

Definitions

  1. Arab Spring

Ancestry of “arabikevät”, step by step

arabikevät traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kevät

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkevätspring, springtime
2Proto-Finnickevätspring
3Proto-Uralickeŋäspring

via Finnish arabi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnisharabiArab
2ArabicعَرَبArabs; Arab
3Arabicعَرَبَto flow sharply
Every word from Proto-Uralic keŋä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kevät →Every word from Finnish kevät →