Where does “vesipihi” come from?
vesipihi (Finnish) comes from Finnish pihi, from Finnish pihistää, from Finnish pihti, from Proto-Finnic pihti, from Proto-Finno-Permic pište.
vesipihi (Finnish): water-efficient
Ancestry of “vesipihi”, step by step
vesipihi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pihi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pihi | miserly, stingy; Third-person singular indicative... |
| 2 | Finnish | pihistää | to snitch, steal; to skimp |
| 3 | Finnish | pihti | any two-pronged handtool or artifact to hold,... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | pihti | splint holder |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Permic | pište | — |
via Finnish vesi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vesi | water; lake; rheum |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | veci | water |
| 3 | Arabic | وعاء | vessel, container, bowl |