Where does “saviliete” come from?

saviliete (Finnish) comes from Finnish savi, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

saviliete (Finnish): slip thin, slippery mix of clay and water

Definitions

  1. slip thin, slippery mix of clay and water

Ancestry of “saviliete”, step by step

saviliete traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish savi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsaviclay
2Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
3Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
4Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish liete

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlietesilt; sludge; slurry
2Proto-Finnicleet'ekfine beach sand
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -as →
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