Where does “vesitase” come from?

vesitase (Finnish) comes from Finnish tase, from Finnish tasa, from Proto-Finnic tasa, from Proto-Uralic taśa — even.

vesitase (Finnish): water balance, hydrologic balance

Definitions

  1. water balance, hydrologic balance

Ancestry of “vesitase”, step by step

vesitase traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tase

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtasebalance sheet
2Finnishtasaof equal height; of the same level
3Proto-Finnictasaeven
4Proto-Uralictaśaeven

via Finnish vesi

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