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

Definitions

  1. trench

Ancestry of “kaevik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniankaevwell
2Proto-Finnickaivowell
3Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
4Proto-Uralic-w—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w →Every word from Proto-Finnic -o →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaivo →