Where does “vedenpaisumus” come from?
vedenpaisumus (Finnish) comes from Finnish paisumus, from Finnish -mus, from Finnish -ma, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.
vedenpaisumus (Finnish): deluge; Deluge
Ancestry of “vedenpaisumus”, step by step
vedenpaisumus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish paisumus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | paisumus | swelling |
| 2 | Finnish | -mus | Forms nouns from verbs. Variant of -us used with... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ma | Forms action/result nouns from verbs; The suffix... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ma | Forms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |
via Finnish vesi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vesi | water; lake; rheum |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | veci | water |
| 3 | Arabic | وعاء | vessel, container, bowl |