Where does “vedenjakaja” come from?

vedenjakaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish jakaja, from Finnish jakaa, from Proto-Finnic jakadak, from Proto-Uralic jëka- — divide.

vedenjakaja (Finnish): watershed outside US, drainage divide, water divide boundary between two drainage basins

Definitions

  1. watershed outside US, drainage divide, water divide boundary between two drainage basins

Ancestry of “vedenjakaja”, step by step

vedenjakaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jakaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjakajadeliveryman; distributor; divisor
2Finnishjakaato share; to distribute; to divide; to mete out,...
3Proto-Finnicjakadakto share, to distribute
4Proto-Uralicjëka-divide

via Finnish vesi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvesiwater; lake; rheum
2Proto-Finnicveciwater
3Arabicوعاءvessel, container, bowl
Every word from Proto-Uralic jëka- →Every word from Proto-Finnic jakadak →Every word from Finnish jakaa →