Where does “aseveli” come from?

aseveli (Finnish) comes from Finnish ase, from Proto-Finnic asek, from Proto-Finnic -ek, from Proto-Uralic -ek — Forms instrument nouns from verbs; Forms result...

aseveli (Finnish): brother-in-arms

Definitions

  1. brother-in-arms

Ancestry of “aseveli”, step by step

aseveli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ase

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaseweapon; gun; tool, utensil
2Proto-Finnicasekweapon
3Proto-Finnic-ekForms instrument nouns from verbs; Forms result...
4Proto-Uralic-ekForms instrument nouns from verbs; Forms result...

via Finnish Veli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishVelibrother
2Proto-Finnicveljibrother
3Proto-Germanicswelijōsister's husband
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswéself

Words derived from “aseveli”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -ek →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ek →Every word from Proto-Finnic asek →