Where does “tippuvesi” come from?

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

tippuvesi (Finnish): dripping water

Definitions

  1. dripping water

Ancestry of “tippuvesi”, step by step

tippuvesi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vesi

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

via Finnish tippua

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtippuato drop; to drip
2Finnish-uaForms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs...
3Proto-Finnic-üdäkForms mainly passive or anticausative verbs
Every word from Arabic وعاء →Every word from Proto-Finnic veci →Every word from Finnish vesi →