Where does “sulavesivirta” come from?

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

sulavesivirta (Finnish): stream of meltwater, stream of liquid water, stream of water from melted ice

Definitions

  1. stream of meltwater, stream of liquid water, stream of water from melted ice

Ancestry of “sulavesivirta”, step by step

sulavesivirta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sulavesi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsulavesi—
2Finnishsulamolten; not having ice cover; pure
3Finnishsulaato melt, thaw; to dissolve, disperse, vanish; to...
4Proto-Finnicsuladakto melt
5Proto-Finno-Ugricsulato molten, melted; melt, dissolve

via Finnish virta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvirtaflow, stream; river; current
2Proto-Finnicvirtastream; flow, current
3Proto-Slavicvьrtъturn, enclosure
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric sula →Every word from Proto-Finnic suladak →Every word from Finnish sulaa →