Where does “vesijalanjälki” come from?

vesijalanjälki (Finnish) comes from Finnish jalanjälki, from Finnish jälki, from Proto-Finnic jälki, from Proto-Finno-Ugric jälke.

vesijalanjälki (Finnish): water footprint

Definitions

  1. water footprint

Ancestry of “vesijalanjälki”, step by step

vesijalanjälki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jalanjälki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjalanjälkifootprint
2Finnishjälkitrace; track; aftermath
3Proto-Finnicjälkitrace, mark; track, trail
4Proto-Finno-Ugricjälke—

via Finnish vesi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvesiwater; lake; rheum
2Proto-Finnicveciwater
3Arabicوعاءvessel, container, bowl
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric jälke →Every word from Proto-Finnic jälki →Every word from Finnish jälki →