Where does “makuuvaunupaikka” come from?

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

makuuvaunupaikka (Finnish): sleeper berth

Definitions

  1. sleeper berth

Ancestry of “makuuvaunupaikka”, step by step

makuuvaunupaikka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish makuuvaunu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmakuuvaunusleeping car, sleeper
2Finnishmakuulying; sleeping
3Finnish-uuForms nouns from verbs
4Finnish-au—
5Finnish-ao—
6Proto-Finnic-ado—
7Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
8Proto-Uralic-w—

via Finnish paikka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpaikkaplace, location, spot, site; area, region,...
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*paikka—
3Proto-Germanicspaikǭspoke
4Proto-Indo-Europeanspēy-to stretch; thrive; succeed
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w →Every word from Proto-Finnic -o →Every word from Finnish -uu →