Where does “jätevesisieni” come from?

jätevesisieni (Finnish) comes from Finnish jätevesi, from Finnish jäte, from Finnish jättää, from Proto-Finnic jättädäk, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

jätevesisieni (Finnish): sewage fungus colony of bacteria, fungi and other species found in places where incompletely treated waste water is discharged

Definitions

  1. sewage fungus colony of bacteria, fungi and other species found in places where incompletely treated waste water is discharged

Ancestry of “jätevesisieni”, step by step

jätevesisieni traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jätevesi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjätevesisewage, wastewater
2Finnishjätewaste, garbage, rubbish
3Finnishjättääto leave; to take, drop off, deliver; to submit
4Proto-Finnicjättädäkto leave
5Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
6Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish sieni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsienifungus; mushroom; sponge, bath sponge; shorter...
2Proto-Finnicseenifungus; mushroom
3Proto-Uralicśänäbracket fungus
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →Every word from Proto-Finnic jättädäk →
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