Where does “kaevik” come from?
kaevik (Estonian) comes from Estonian kaev, from Proto-Finnic kaivo, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.
kaevik (Estonian): trench
Ancestry of “kaevik”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Estonian | kaev | well |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kaivo | well |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -o | — |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -w | — |