Where does “tulvakevät” come from?

tulvakevät (Finnish) comes from Finnish kevät, from Proto-Finnic kevät, from Proto-Uralic keŋä — spring.

tulvakevät (Finnish): a spring with floods

Definitions

  1. a spring with floods

Ancestry of “tulvakevät”, step by step

tulvakevät traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kevät

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkevätspring, springtime
2Proto-Finnickevätspring
3Proto-Uralickeŋäspring

via Finnish tulva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtulvaflood
Every word from Proto-Uralic keŋä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kevät →Every word from Finnish kevät →