Where does “patojärvi” come from?

patojärvi (Finnish) comes from Finnish pato, from Finnish päteä, from Proto-Finnic pätedäk.

patojärvi (Finnish): dammed reservoir

Definitions

  1. dammed reservoir

Ancestry of “patojärvi”, step by step

patojärvi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pato

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpatodam, dike
2Finnishpäteäto apply, be valid
3Proto-Finnicpätedäk—

via Finnish järvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjärvilake
2Latin-lanominative feminine singular of -lus; nominative...
Every word from Proto-Finnic pätedäk →Every word from Finnish päteä →Every word from Finnish pato →