Where does “vedenpehmennin” come from?

vedenpehmennin (Finnish) comes from Finnish pehmennin, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

vedenpehmennin (Finnish): water softener

Definitions

  1. water softener

Ancestry of “vedenpehmennin”, step by step

vedenpehmennin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pehmennin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpehmenninsoftener substance that softens
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
4Proto-Uralic-ma—

via Finnish vesi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvesiwater; lake; rheum
2Proto-Finnicveciwater
3Arabicوعاءvessel, container, bowl
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Finnish -in →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in →
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