Where does “toivomuskaivo” come from?
toivomuskaivo (Finnish) comes from Finnish toivomus, from Finnish -mus, from Finnish -ma, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.
toivomuskaivo (Finnish): wishing well
Ancestry of “toivomuskaivo”, step by step
toivomuskaivo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish toivomus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | toivomus | wish |
| 2 | Finnish | -mus | Forms nouns from verbs. Variant of -us used with... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ma | Forms action/result nouns from verbs; The suffix... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ma | Forms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |
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 | — |