Where does “vuotaja” come from?
vuotaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish vuotaa, from Proto-Finnic vootadak, from Proto-Finnic voo, from Proto-Uralic uwa- — to flow.
vuotaja (Finnish): leaker
Ancestry of “vuotaja”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | vuotaa | To leak, run, trickle, flow; to ooze, seep; to... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | vootadak | to flow; to trickle, to seep; to leak |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | voo | flow |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | uwa- | to flow |