Where does “hedelmäveitsi” come from?
hedelmäveitsi (Finnish) comes from Finnish veitsi, from Proto-Finnic veicci, from Proto-Finno-Ugric wäŋćɜ.
hedelmäveitsi (Finnish): fruit knife
Ancestry of “hedelmäveitsi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | veitsi | knife |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | veicci | knife |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | wäŋćɜ | — |