Where does “vedenpuute” come from?
vedenpuute (Finnish) comes from Finnish vesi, from Proto-Finnic veci, from Arabic وعاء — vessel, container, bowl.
vedenpuute (Finnish): water shortage
Ancestry of “vedenpuute”, step by step
vedenpuute traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vesi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vesi | water; lake; rheum |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | veci | water |
| 3 | Arabic | وعاء | vessel, container, bowl |
via Finnish puute
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | puute | shortage; deficiency; shortcoming |
| 2 | Finnish | puuttua | to be missing; "inanimate thing in elative" or... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | puuttudak | to catch (onto), snag, get caught in/on |