Where does “lietto” come from?
lietto (Finnish) comes from Finnish liettää, from Finnish liete, from Proto-Finnic leet'ek — fine beach sand.
lietto (Finnish): silting, sedimentation
Definitions
- silting, sedimentation
Ancestry of “lietto”, step by step
lietto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish liettää
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | liettää | to silt, silt up, sediment; to put into... |
| 2 | Finnish | liete | silt; sludge; slurry |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | leet'ek | fine beach sand |
via Finnish o
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | o | — |