Where does “tasaussäiliö” come from?

tasaussäiliö (Finnish) comes from Finnish tasaus, from Finnish tasata, from Finnish tasa, from Proto-Finnic tasa, from Proto-Uralic taśa — even.

tasaussäiliö (Finnish): surge tank, equalization tank, balancing tank

Definitions

  1. surge tank, equalization tank, balancing tank

Ancestry of “tasaussäiliö”, step by step

tasaussäiliö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tasaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtasausequalisation; leveling; justified
2Finnishtasatato divide into equal parts; to level; to equalize
3Finnishtasaof equal height; of the same level
4Proto-Finnictasaeven
5Proto-Uralictaśaeven

via Finnish säiliö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsäiliövessel, container, tank, cistern
2Finnish-iöFront vowel variant of -io
3Spanish-ijoindicating a diminutive or despective quality
4Proto-Bantuì-Class 5 noun prefix
Every word from Proto-Uralic taśa →Every word from Proto-Finnic tasa →Every word from Finnish tasa →
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