Where does “vesihome” come from?

vesihome (Finnish) comes from Finnish home, from Proto-Finnic homeh, from Proto-Germanic swammaz, from Proto-Indo-European swombʰ- — sponge, tree-fungus, swamp; sponge; tree-fungus;...

vesihome (Finnish): oomycete, water mold any of a number of filamentous unicellular protists of the class Oomycetes

Definitions

  1. oomycete, water mold any of a number of filamentous unicellular protists of the class Oomycetes

Ancestry of “vesihome”, step by step

vesihome traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish home

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhomemildew, mold
2Proto-Finnichomehmildew, mold
3Proto-Germanicswammazsponge; fungus, mushroom; swamp
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswombʰ-sponge, tree-fungus, swamp; sponge; tree-fungus;...

via Finnish vesi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvesiwater; lake; rheum
2Proto-Finnicveciwater
3Arabicوعاءvessel, container, bowl

Words derived from “vesihome”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swombʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic swammaz →Every word from Proto-Finnic homeh →