Where does “pihkavuoto” come from?

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

pihkavuoto (Finnish): resin leak, resin leakage; sap leak, sap leakage in coniferous trees

Definitions

  1. resin leak, resin leakage; sap leak, sap leakage in coniferous trees

Ancestry of “pihkavuoto”, step by step

pihkavuoto 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 pihka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpihkaresin
2Proto-Finnicpihkaresin
3Proto-Finno-Ugricpiška—
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