Where does “vuodetoveri” come from?

vuodetoveri (Finnish) comes from Finnish vuode, from Finnish vuota, from Proto-Finnic voota, from Proto-Finnic vootadak, from Proto-Finnic voo, from Proto-Uralic uwa- — to flow.

vuodetoveri (Finnish): bedmate

Definitions

  1. bedmate

Ancestry of “vuodetoveri”, step by step

vuodetoveri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vuode

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvuodebed
2Finnishvuotahide, pelt; Partitive singular form of vuo
3Proto-Finnicvootahide, pelt
4Proto-Finnicvootadakto flow; to trickle, to seep; to leak
5Proto-Finnicvooflow
6Proto-Uralicuwa-to flow

via Finnish toveri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtovericomrade; companion, buddy
2Russianтова́рищcomrade
3Old East Slavicтоварищь—
4Proto-Slavictovarišь—
5Proto-Slavictovarъloading
6Proto-Turkic*tabarlivestock, cattle
Every word from Proto-Uralic uwa- →Every word from Proto-Finnic voo →Every word from Proto-Finnic vootadak →