Where does “kaivohuone” come from?

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

kaivohuone (Finnish): pump room, well room

Definitions

  1. pump room, well room

Ancestry of “kaivohuone”, step by step

kaivohuone 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 huone

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhuoneroom; house; house, hall
2Proto-Finnichoonehbuilding; room
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w →Every word from Proto-Finnic -o →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaivo →