Where does “kokoojakaivo” come from?

kokoojakaivo (Finnish) comes from Finnish kokooja, from Finnish jä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

kokoojakaivo (Finnish): collection well e.g. for rainwater or wastewater

Definitions

  1. collection well e.g. for rainwater or wastewater

Ancestry of “kokoojakaivo”, step by step

kokoojakaivo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kokooja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkokoojacollector
2Finnishjäice
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja—
4Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
5Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
6Proto-Germanic-hwe—
7Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Finnish kaivo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaivowell
2Proto-Finnickaivowell
3Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
4Proto-Uralic-w—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →
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