Where does “palokaivo” come from?

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

palokaivo (Finnish): fire well, fire water well

Definitions

  1. fire well, fire water well

Ancestry of “palokaivo”, step by step

palokaivo 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 Palo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishPaloname of many small places in Finland
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*palo—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w →Every word from Proto-Finnic -o →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaivo →