Where does “majavapato” come from?

majavapato (Finnish) comes from Finnish majava, from Proto-Finnic majaga, from Proto-Finno-Permic maja.

majavapato (Finnish): beaver dam

Definitions

  1. beaver dam

Ancestry of “majavapato”, step by step

majavapato traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish majava

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmajavabeaver
2Proto-Finnicmajagabeaver
3Proto-Finno-Permicmaja—

via Finnish pato

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpatodam, dike
2Finnishpäteäto apply, be valid
3Proto-Finnicpätedäk—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic maja →Every word from Proto-Finnic majaga →Every word from Finnish majava →