Where does “sulavesi” come from?

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

Ancestry of “sulavesi”, step by step

sulavesi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sula

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsulamolten; not having ice cover; pure
2Finnishsulaato melt, thaw; to dissolve, disperse, vanish; to...
3Proto-Finnicsuladakto melt
4Proto-Finno-Ugricsulato molten, melted; melt, dissolve

via Finnish vesi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvesiwater; lake; rheum
2Proto-Finnicveciwater
3Arabicوعاءvessel, container, bowl

Words derived from “sulavesi”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric sula →Every word from Proto-Finnic suladak →Every word from Finnish sulaa →