Where does “vesisiira” come from?

vesisiira (Finnish) comes from Finnish vesi, from Proto-Finnic veci, from Arabic وعاء — vessel, container, bowl.

vesisiira (Finnish): pond slater, water louse, aquatic sowbug, water hoglouse, cress bug, Asellus aquaticus common freshwater crustacean resembling a woodlouse

Definitions

  1. pond slater, water louse, aquatic sowbug, water hoglouse, cress bug, Asellus aquaticus common freshwater crustacean resembling a woodlouse

Ancestry of “vesisiira”, step by step

vesisiira traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vesi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvesiwater; lake; rheum
2Proto-Finnicveciwater
3Arabicوعاءvessel, container, bowl

via Finnish siira

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsiiraisopod any crustacean of the order Isopoda
2SwedishSigfridborne by an 11th century Swedish saint
Every word from Arabic وعاء →Every word from Proto-Finnic veci →Every word from Finnish vesi →