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Where does “vesiohenteinen” come from?

vesiohenteinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish ohenteinen, from Finnish ohenne, from Finnish ohentaa, from Finnish oheta, from Finnish -eta, from Proto-Finnic -nt'ak.

vesiohenteinen (Finnish): water-soluble

Definitions

  1. water-soluble

Ancestry of “vesiohenteinen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishohenteinensoluble, thinnable
2Finnishohennethinner
3FinnishohentaaTo thin; To dilute; Third-person singular...
4Finnishohetato thin , become/get thinner
5Finnish-etaForms verbs from adjectives, meaning "to become "...
6Proto-Finnic-nt'ak—
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