Where does “vesilevintä” come from?
vesilevintä (Finnish) comes from Finnish levintä, from Finnish levitä, from Finnish -itä, from Proto-Finnic -it'ak — Forms verbs.
vesilevintä (Finnish): hydrochory
Ancestry of “vesilevintä”, step by step
vesilevintä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish levintä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | levintä | dispersion |
| 2 | Finnish | levitä | to spread; to sprawl; to break down |
| 3 | Finnish | -itä | Front vowel variant of -ita |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -it'ak | Forms verbs |
via Finnish vesi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vesi | water; lake; rheum |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | veci | water |
| 3 | Arabic | وعاء | vessel, container, bowl |
Words derived from “vesilevintä”