Where does “vetypelkistys” come from?
vetypelkistys (Finnish) comes from Finnish vety, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.
vetypelkistys (Finnish): hydrogen reduction
Ancestry of “vetypelkistys”, step by step
vetypelkistys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vety
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vety | hydrogen; Indicative present connegative form of... |
| 2 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |
via Finnish pelkistys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pelkistys | reduction |
| 2 | Finnish | -us | Forms nouns from verbs, describing an action or... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -us | Forms some nouns from nominal stems |