Where does “vatsaevä” come from?

vatsaevä (Finnish) comes from Finnish evä, from Proto-Finnic evä, from Proto-Uralic ewä — fin.

vatsaevä (Finnish): a pelvic fin

Definitions

  1. a pelvic fin

Ancestry of “vatsaevä”, step by step

vatsaevä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish evä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisheväfin
2Proto-Finniceväfin (appendage of a fish)
3Proto-Uralicewäfin

via Finnish vatsa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvatsastomach
2Proto-Finnicvaccastomach

Words derived from “vatsaevä

Every word from Proto-Uralic ewäEvery word from Proto-Finnic eväEvery word from Finnish evä