Where does “tulvapato” come from?

tulvapato (Finnish) comes from Finnish pato, from Finnish päteä, from Proto-Finnic pätedäk.

tulvapato (Finnish): levee; dike

Definitions

  1. levee; dike

Ancestry of “tulvapato”, step by step

tulvapato traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pato

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpatodam, dike
2Finnishpäteäto apply, be valid
3Proto-Finnicpätedäk—

via Finnish tulva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtulvaflood
Every word from Proto-Finnic pätedäk →Every word from Finnish päteä →Every word from Finnish pato →