Where does “makuualkovi” come from?

makuualkovi (Finnish) comes from Finnish makuu, from Finnish -uu, from Finnish -au, from Finnish -ao, from Proto-Finnic -ado, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.

makuualkovi (Finnish): sleeping alcove

Definitions

  1. sleeping alcove

Ancestry of “makuualkovi”, step by step

makuualkovi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish makuu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmakuulying; sleeping
2Finnish-uuForms nouns from verbs
3Finnish-au—
4Finnish-ao—
5Proto-Finnic-ado—
6Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
7Proto-Uralic-w—

via Finnish alkovi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishalkovialcove
2Swedishalkovan alcove
3Frenchalcôvealcove
4Portuguesealcovaalcove
5Arabicقبةcanopy, pavilion; dome, cupola; kippah, yarmulke
6Arabicقُبَّةsmall tower; dome
7Aramaicקוּבְּתָא—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w →Every word from Proto-Finnic -o →Every word from Finnish -uu →