Where does “vesisanko” come from?

vesisanko (Finnish) comes from Finnish sanko, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.

vesisanko (Finnish): pail or bucket of water

Definitions

  1. pail or bucket of water

Ancestry of “vesisanko”, step by step

vesisanko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sanko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsankobucket, pail
2Finnish-oForms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
4Proto-Uralic-w—

via Finnish vesi

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