Where does “savusukellus” come from?
savusukellus (Finnish) comes from Finnish savu, from Proto-Finnic savu, from Proto-Finno-Permic sawe.
savusukellus (Finnish): smoke diving
Ancestry of “savusukellus”, step by step
savusukellus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish savu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | savu | smoke; a residential building with a chimney, a... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | savu | — |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Permic | sawe | — |
via Finnish sukellus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sukellus | dive, diving |
| 2 | Finnish | -us | Forms nouns from verbs, describing an action or... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -us | Forms some nouns from nominal stems |