Where does “versonta” come from?

versonta (Finnish) comes from Finnish versoa, from Finnish -oa, from Proto-Finnic -odak, from Proto-Uralic -w-.

versonta (Finnish): sprouting

Definitions

  1. sprouting

Ancestry of “versonta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishversoato bud, sprout
2Finnish-oaForms frequentative verbs, primarily from nouns...
3Proto-Finnic-odakForms some verbs
4Proto-Uralic-w-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w- →Every word from Finnish -oa →Every word from Proto-Finnic -odak →