Where does “vedellä viimeisiään” come from?
vedellä viimeisiään (Finnish) comes from Finnish viimeinen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
vedellä viimeisiään (Finnish): to be on one's last legs
Ancestry of “vedellä viimeisiään”, step by step
vedellä viimeisiään traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish viimeinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | viimeinen | last, final; nth last; dying |
| 2 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 3 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |
via Finnish vedellä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vedellä | Adessive singular form of vesi; to pull |
| 2 | Finnish | vesi | water; lake; rheum |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | veci | water |
| 4 | Arabic | وعاء | vessel, container, bowl |