Where does “risupato” come from?

risupato (Finnish) comes from Finnish pato, from Finnish päteä, from Proto-Finnic pätedäk.

risupato (Finnish): a simple, often temporary, dam made of sticks or twigs

Definitions

  1. a simple, often temporary, dam made of sticks or twigs

Ancestry of “risupato”, step by step

risupato traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pato

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpatodam, dike
2Finnishpäteäto apply, be valid
3Proto-Finnicpätedäk—

via Finnish risu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrisustick, dry twig; brickbat
Every word from Proto-Finnic pätedäk →Every word from Finnish päteä →Every word from Finnish pato →