Where does “tihkukastelu” come from?

tihkukastelu (Finnish) comes from Finnish tihku, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

tihkukastelu (Finnish): drip irrigation, drop irrigation

Definitions

  1. drip irrigation, drop irrigation

Ancestry of “tihkukastelu”, step by step

tihkukastelu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tihku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtihkudrizzle
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish kastelu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkasteluirrigation; watering; wetting
2Finnishkastellato wet; to irrigate; to water
3Finnish-elläFront vowel variant of -ella
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish tihku →