Where does “vein” come from?
vein (Finnish) comes from Finnish viedä, from Proto-Finnic veedäk, from Proto-Uralic wixe- — to bring, to take somewhere.
vein (Finnish): first-person singular indicative past of viedä
Definitions
- first-person singular indicative past of viedä
Ancestry of “vein”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | viedä | to take away, to bring away; to take , lead,... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | veedäk | to take, take away |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | wixe- | to bring, to take somewhere |