Where does “valuma” come from?

valuma (Finnish) comes from Finnish valua, from Finnish valaa, from Proto-Finnic valadak, from Proto-Finno-Permic wala-.

valuma (Finnish): runoff portion of precipitation or irrigation which does not infiltrate

Definitions

  1. runoff portion of precipitation or irrigation which does not infiltrate

Ancestry of “valuma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaluato run, flow (slowly), stream (slowly), pour, drip, trickle
2Finnishvalaato cast, pour, throw; to cast, mold; Partitive...
3Proto-Finnicvaladakto pour; to cast
4Proto-Finno-Permicwala-—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic wala- →Every word from Proto-Finnic valadak →Every word from Finnish valaa →