Where does “suihkukaivo” come from?
suihkukaivo (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaivo, from Proto-Finnic kaivo, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.
suihkukaivo (Finnish): fountain
Ancestry of “suihkukaivo”, step by step
suihkukaivo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kaivo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kaivo | well |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kaivo | well |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -o | Forms action/result nouns from verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -w | — |
via Finnish suihku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | suihku | shower; jet; spray |
| 2 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |