Where does “lattiakaivo” come from?

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

lattiakaivo (Finnish): floor drain, collector

Definitions

  1. floor drain, collector

Ancestry of “lattiakaivo”, step by step

lattiakaivo 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 lattia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlattiafloor
2Proto-Germanicflatjąa level surface; level ground; the floor of a...
3Proto-Germanicflatazflat
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanplÁt-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w →Every word from Proto-Finnic -o →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaivo →