Where does “vesitaksi” come from?

vesitaksi (Finnish) comes from Finnish taksi, from English taxi, from English taximeter cab, from English taximeter, from French taximètre, from French taxamètre.

vesitaksi (Finnish): water taxi

Definitions

water taxi

Ancestry of “vesitaksi”, step by step

vesitaksi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish taksi

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	taksi	taxi
2	English	taxi	A vehicle that may be hired for single journeys...
3	English	taximeter cab	—
4	English	taximeter	A device installed in a taxicab that calculates...
5	French	taximètre	taximeter
6	French	taxamètre	—

via Finnish vesi

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	vesi	water; lake; rheum
2	Proto-Finnic	veci	water
3	Arabic	وعاء	vessel, container, bowl

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