Where does “pitkäveteisesti” come from?

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

pitkäveteisesti (Finnish): tediously

Definitions

  1. tediously

Ancestry of “pitkäveteisesti”, step by step

pitkäveteisesti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pitkäveteinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpitkäveteinendull, tedious, boring
2Finnishpitkälong; tall; Short for pitkä kiekko
3Proto-Finnicpitkälong; tall
4Proto-Uralicpidetall
5Finnishpitääto hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be...
6Proto-Finnicpitädäkto hold, to grasp; to keep
7Proto-Finno-Ugricpitä-

via Finnish sti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsti
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä-Every word from Proto-Finnic pitädäkEvery word from Finnish pitää