Where does “suvanto” come from?
suvanto (Finnish) comes from Finnish syvä, from Proto-Finnic cüvä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric tiwä.
suvanto (Finnish): stream pool stretch of a river or stream in which the water depth is above average and the water velocity is quite below average
Definitions
- stream pool stretch of a river or stream in which the water depth is above average and the water velocity is quite below average
Ancestry of “suvanto”, step by step
suvanto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish syvä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | syvä | deep; deep-water; deep, profound |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | cüvä | deep |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | tiwä | — |
via Proto-Samic sëvōn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Samic | sëvōn | stream pool |