Where does “pitkäveteinen” come from?

pitkäveteinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish pitkä, from Proto-Finnic pitkä, from Proto-Uralic pide, from Finnish pitää, from Proto-Finnic pitädäk, from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä-.

pitkäveteinen (Finnish): dull, tedious, boring

Definitions

  1. dull, tedious, boring

Ancestry of “pitkäveteinen”, step by step

pitkäveteinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pitkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpitkälong; tall; Short for pitkä kiekko
2Proto-Finnicpitkälong; tall
3Proto-Uralicpidetall
4Finnishpitääto hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be...
5Proto-Finnicpitädäkto hold, to grasp; to keep
6Proto-Finno-Ugricpitä-—

via Finnish vetää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvetääto pull; to lead; to blow
2Proto-Finnicvetädäkto pull
3Proto-Finno-Ugricwetä-to lead, guide, draw, pull; to lead, to guide, to...

Words derived from “pitkäveteinen”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä- →Every word from Proto-Finnic pitädäk →Every word from Finnish pitää →
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