Where does “vedensyöksijä” come from?

vedensyöksijä (Finnish) comes from Finnish syöksijä, from Finnish syöstä, from Proto-Finnic sööstäk, from Proto-Finnic -stak.

vedensyöksijä (Finnish): gargoyle grotesque spout on gutters of Gothic buildings

Definitions

  1. gargoyle grotesque spout on gutters of Gothic buildings

Ancestry of “vedensyöksijä”, step by step

vedensyöksijä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish syöksijä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsyöksijäone who throws or plunges
2Finnishsyöstäto throw, plunge; to spew out, belch
3Proto-Finnicsööstäkto push in, to plunge into; to spew, to boil over
4Proto-Finnic-stak—

via Finnish vesi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvesiwater; lake; rheum
2Proto-Finnicveciwater
3Arabicوعاءvessel, container, bowl
Every word from Proto-Finnic -stak →Every word from Proto-Finnic sööstäk →Every word from Finnish syöstä →