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Where does “vuoto” come from?

vuoto (Finnish) comes from Finnish vuotaa, from Proto-Finnic vootadak, from Proto-Finnic voo, from Proto-Uralic uwa- — to flow.

vuoto (Finnish): leak

Definitions

  1. leak

Ancestry of “vuoto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishvuotaaTo leak, run, trickle, flow; to ooze, seep; to...
2Proto-Finnicvootadakto flow; to trickle, to seep; to leak
3Proto-Finnicvooflow
4Proto-Uralicuwa-to flow

Words derived from “vuoto”

  • uutisvuoto
  • talinvuoto
  • verenvuoto
  • verenvuotokuume
  • tietovuoto
  • öljyvuoto
  • aivovuoto
  • aivoverenvuoto
  • hiilivuoto
  • kuukautisvuoto
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