Where does “avoviemäri” come from?

avoviemäri (Finnish) comes from Finnish viemäri, from Finnish viedä, from Proto-Finnic veedäk, from Proto-Uralic wixe- — to bring, to take somewhere.

avoviemäri (Finnish): open sewer

Definitions

  1. open sewer

Ancestry of “avoviemäri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviemärisewer; drain, drainage, plughole
2Finnishviedäto take away, take, bring away
3Proto-Finnicveedäkto take, take away
4Proto-Uralicwixe-to bring, to take somewhere
Every word from Proto-Uralic wixe- →Every word from Proto-Finnic veedäk →Every word from Finnish viedä →