Where does “vesitilus” come from?
vesitilus (Finnish) comes from Finnish tilus, from Finnish tila, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
vesitilus (Finnish): a piece of land in or with a body of water
Definitions
- a piece of land in or with a body of water
Ancestry of “vesitilus”, step by step
vesitilus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tilus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tilus | A piece of land |
| 2 | Finnish | tila | state; condition; Short for maatila |
| 3 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 4 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |
via Finnish vesi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vesi | water; lake; rheum |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | veci | water |
| 3 | Arabic | وعاء | vessel, container, bowl |