Where does “liotusvesi” come from?

liotusvesi (Finnish) comes from Finnish liotus, from Finnish liottaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

liotusvesi (Finnish): water in which something has been soaked or steeped

Definitions

  1. water in which something has been soaked or steeped

Ancestry of “liotusvesi”, step by step

liotusvesi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish liotus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishliotussoaking
2Finnishliottaato soak; to ret
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish vesi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvesiwater; lake; rheum
2Proto-Finnicveciwater
3Arabicوعاءvessel, container, bowl
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →
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