Where does “muistivuoto” come from?

muistivuoto (Finnish) comes from Finnish vuoto, from Finnish vuotaa, from Proto-Finnic vootadak, from Proto-Finnic voo, from Proto-Uralic uwa- — to flow.

muistivuoto (Finnish): memory leak

Definitions

  1. memory leak

Ancestry of “muistivuoto”, step by step

muistivuoto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vuoto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvuotoleak
2FinnishvuotaaTo leak, run, trickle, flow; to ooze, seep; to...
3Proto-Finnicvootadakto flow; to trickle, to seep; to leak
4Proto-Finnicvooflow
5Proto-Uralicuwa-to flow

via Finnish muisti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmuistimemory; Third-person singular past form of...
2Finnishmuistaato remember, recall, recollect; Third-person...
3Proto-Finnicmuistadakto understand
4Proto-Finno-Ugricmuja-to touch, feel
Every word from Proto-Uralic uwa- →