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Where does “vesitiivistää” come from?

vesitiivistää (Finnish) comes from Finnish tiivistää, from Finnish tiivis, from Proto-Germanic stīfaz, from Proto-Indo-European steypós.

vesitiivistää (Finnish): To waterproof

Definitions

  1. To waterproof

Ancestry of “vesitiivistää”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtiivistääto condense; to seal; to weatherstrip ,...
2Finnishtiivistight, compact, dense, solid; concise
3Proto-Germanicstīfazstiff, rigid
4Proto-Indo-Europeansteypós—
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