Where does “juomavesi” come from?

juomavesi (Finnish) comes from Finnish juoma, from Proto-Finnic jooma, from Proto-Finnic joodak, from Proto-Uralic jëxe- — to drink; to flow?.

juomavesi (Finnish): drinking water

Definitions

  1. drinking water

Ancestry of “juomavesi”, step by step

juomavesi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish juoma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjuomadrink; beverage; Agent participle of juoda
2Proto-Finnicjoomadrink; beverage
3Proto-Finnicjoodakto drink
4Proto-Uralicjëxe-to drink; to flow?

via Finnish vesi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvesiwater; lake; rheum
2Proto-Finnicveciwater
3Arabicوعاءvessel, container, bowl

Words derived from “juomavesi”

Every word from Proto-Uralic jëxe- →Every word from Proto-Finnic joodak →Every word from Proto-Finnic jooma →