Where does “sulanta” come from?

sulanta (Finnish) comes from Finnish sulaa, from Proto-Finnic suladak, from Proto-Finno-Ugric sula — to molten, melted; melt, dissolve.

sulanta (Finnish): snowmelt runoff from melting snow

Definitions

  1. snowmelt runoff from melting snow

Ancestry of “sulanta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsulaato melt, thaw; to dissolve, disperse, vanish; to...
2Proto-Finnicsuladakto melt
3Proto-Finno-Ugricsulato molten, melted; melt, dissolve
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric sula →Every word from Proto-Finnic suladak →Every word from Finnish sulaa →
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