Where does “jätevesi” come from?
jätevesi (Finnish) comes from Finnish jäte, from Finnish jättää, from Proto-Finnic jättädäk, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
jätevesi (Finnish): sewage, wastewater
Ancestry of “jätevesi”, step by step
jätevesi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish jäte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | jäte | waste, garbage, rubbish |
| 2 | Finnish | jättää | to leave; to take, drop off, deliver; to submit |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | jättädäk | to leave |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish vesi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vesi | water; lake; rheum |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | veci | water |
| 3 | Arabic | وعاء | vessel, container, bowl |
Words derived from “jätevesi”