Where does “vesikaste” come from?

vesikaste (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaste, from Proto-Finnic kastek, from Proto-Finnic kastadak, from Proto-Finnic -tadak, from Proto-Uralic -ta- — Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...

vesikaste (Finnish): water baptism

Definitions

  1. water baptism

Ancestry of “vesikaste”, step by step

vesikaste traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kaste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkastedew; baptism, christening
2Proto-Finnickastekdew
3Proto-Finnickastadakto wet, to soak; to dip, to immerse
4Proto-Finnic-tadakForms verbs from both nominal and verbal stems
5Proto-Uralic-ta-Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...

via Finnish vesi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvesiwater; lake; rheum
2Proto-Finnicveciwater
3Arabicوعاءvessel, container, bowl
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ta- →Every word from Proto-Finnic -tadak →Every word from Proto-Finnic kastadak →