Where does “syöksykaivo” come from?

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

syöksykaivo (Finnish): gully, drain a drain that collects rainwater from the surface, especially from streets, and lets it flow into the sewer system

Definitions

  1. gully, drain a drain that collects rainwater from the surface, especially from streets, and lets it flow into the sewer system

Ancestry of “syöksykaivo”, step by step

syöksykaivo 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 syöksy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsyöksyrush, swoop; dive; ejection
2Finnishsyöstäto throw, plunge; to spew out, belch
3Proto-Finnicsööstäkto push in, to plunge into; to spew, to boil over
4Proto-Finnic-stak—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w →Every word from Proto-Finnic -o →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaivo →