Where does “vuodevaatelaatikko” come from?

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

vuodevaatelaatikko (Finnish): box for bedding/bedclothes

Definitions

  1. box for bedding/bedclothes

Ancestry of “vuodevaatelaatikko”, step by step

vuodevaatelaatikko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vuodevaate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvuodevaatebedding, bedclothes, bedlinen
2Finnishvuodebed
3Finnishvuotahide, pelt; Partitive singular form of vuo
4Proto-Finnicvootahide, pelt
5Proto-Finnicvootadakto flow; to trickle, to seep; to leak
6Proto-Finnicvooflow
7Proto-Uralicuwa-to flow

via Finnish laatikko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaatikkobox; drawer; casserole
2Old Swedishladhika—
3Proto-Germanichlaþōdrawer
Every word from Proto-Uralic uwa- →Every word from Proto-Finnic voo →Every word from Proto-Finnic vootadak →