Where does “märkälämpötila” come from?

märkälämpötila (Finnish) comes from Finnish lämpötila, from Finnish lämpö, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.

märkälämpötila (Finnish): wet bulb temperature

Definitions

  1. wet bulb temperature

Ancestry of “märkälämpötila”, step by step

märkälämpötila traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lämpötila

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlämpötilatemperature
2Finnishlämpöwarmth, heat; heat; fever
3Finnish-oForms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
5Proto-Uralic-w—

via Finnish märkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmärkäwet; pus
2Proto-Finnicmärkäwet, moist; pus
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w →Every word from Finnish -o →Every word from Proto-Finnic -o →