Where does “kvanttikaivo” come from?

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

kvanttikaivo (Finnish): quantum well

Definitions

  1. quantum well

Ancestry of “kvanttikaivo”, step by step

kvanttikaivo 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 kvantti

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