Where does “suotovesi” come from?

suotovesi (Finnish) comes from Finnish vesi, from Proto-Finnic veci, from Arabic وعاء — vessel, container, bowl.

suotovesi (Finnish): (mining waste) leachate liquid produced when water percolates through a permeable material, especially waste material from mining

Definitions

  1. (mining waste) leachate liquid produced when water percolates through a permeable material, especially waste material from mining

Ancestry of “suotovesi”, step by step

suotovesi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vesi

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

via Finnish suoto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuoto—
2Finnishsuotaato leak; to filter out
3Proto-Samicsuoδëtēkto hiss
Every word from Arabic وعاء →