Where does “ohivuoto” come from?

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

ohivuoto (Finnish): a flow that goes past or around such as of leak-off in an engine or period blood

Definitions

  1. a flow that goes past or around such as of leak-off in an engine or period blood

Ancestry of “ohivuoto”, step by step

ohivuoto 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 ohi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishohipast, beyond; over; by, past
2Proto-Finnicohiside
3Proto-Finno-Permicwoša—
Every word from Proto-Uralic uwa- →Every word from Proto-Finnic voo →Every word from Proto-Finnic vootadak →