Where does “rasvaevä” come from?

rasvaevä (Finnish) comes from Finnish evä, from Proto-Finnic evä, from Proto-Uralic ewä — fin.

rasvaevä (Finnish): adipose fin

Definitions

  1. adipose fin

Ancestry of “rasvaevä”, step by step

rasvaevä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish evä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisheväfin
2Proto-Finniceväfin (appendage of a fish)
3Proto-Uralicewäfin

via Finnish rasva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrasvafat; grease; ointment
2Proto-Finnicrasvafat
Every word from Proto-Uralic ewä →Every word from Proto-Finnic evä →Every word from Finnish evä →