Where does “vesikidutus” come from?

vesikidutus (Finnish) comes from Finnish kidutus, from Finnish kiduttaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

vesikidutus (Finnish): waterboarding; water torture

Definitions

  1. waterboarding; water torture

Ancestry of “vesikidutus”, step by step

vesikidutus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kidutus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkidutustorture
2Finnishkiduttaato torture
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish vesi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvesiwater; lake; rheum
2Proto-Finnicveciwater
3Arabicوعاءvessel, container, bowl
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →