Where does “arteesinen kaivo” come from?

arteesinen kaivo (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaivo, from Proto-Finnic kaivo, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.

arteesinen kaivo (Finnish): artesian well

Definitions

  1. artesian well

Ancestry of “arteesinen kaivo”, step by step

arteesinen kaivo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kaivo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaivowell
2Proto-Finnickaivowell
3Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
4Proto-Uralic-w—

via Finnish arteesinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisharteesinenartesian
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w →Every word from Proto-Finnic -o →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaivo →