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Where does “raskas vety” come from?

raskas vety (Finnish) comes from Finnish vety, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u.

raskas vety (Finnish): deuterium, heavy hydrogen

Definitions

  1. deuterium, heavy hydrogen

Ancestry of “raskas vety”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvetyhydrogen; Indicative present connegative form of...
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-u—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →