Where does “vedensekoitin” come from?

vedensekoitin (Finnish) comes from Finnish sekoitin, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

vedensekoitin (Finnish): mixer tap tap in which the amount of hot and cold water emerging from a single outlet can be independently varied, usually with a lever

Definitions

  1. mixer tap tap in which the amount of hot and cold water emerging from a single outlet can be independently varied, usually with a lever

Ancestry of “vedensekoitin”, step by step

vedensekoitin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sekoitin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsekoitinmixer, blender; mixer tap; First-person singular...
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
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