Where does “kevytsora” come from?

kevytsora (Finnish) comes from Finnish kevyt, from Finnish keveä, from Proto-Finnic kepedä, from Proto-Uralic kepä — light, of little weight.

kevytsora (Finnish): expanded clay, lightweight expanded clay aggregate

Definitions

  1. expanded clay, lightweight expanded clay aggregate

Ancestry of “kevytsora”, step by step

kevytsora traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kevyt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkevytlight, lightweight
2Finnishkeveälightweight
3Proto-Finnickepedälight, of little weight
4Proto-Uralickepälight, of little weight

via Finnish sora

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsoragravel
2Proto-Finnicsora—
3Proto-Finno-Ugricćora—

Words derived from “kevytsora”

Every word from Proto-Uralic kepä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kepedä →Every word from Finnish keveä →