Where does “luodevirtaus” come from?
luodevirtaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish virtaus, from Finnish virrata, from Finnish -ta, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.
luodevirtaus (Finnish): ebb current current caused by ebbing tide
Definitions
- ebb current current caused by ebbing tide
Ancestry of “luodevirtaus”, step by step
luodevirtaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish virtaus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | virtaus | current |
| 2 | Finnish | virrata | to flow, stream |
| 3 | Finnish | -ta | A suffix for the partitive singular case; Forms... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ta | Partitive ending |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -tä | from |
via Finnish luode
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | luode | northwest; ebb |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | loodeh | northwest-west |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | flōduz | river; flood |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | plōw- | to flow, swim; to pour, wash |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |