Where does “veriviemäri” come from?

veriviemäri (Finnish) comes from Finnish viemäri, from Finnish viedä, from Proto-Finnic veedäk, from Proto-Uralic wixe- — to bring, to take somewhere.

veriviemäri (Finnish): dural venous sinus

Definitions

  1. dural venous sinus

Ancestry of “veriviemäri”, step by step

veriviemäri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish viemäri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviemärisewer; drain, drainage, plughole
2Finnishviedäto take away, take, bring away
3Proto-Finnicveedäkto take, take away
4Proto-Uralicwixe-to bring, to take somewhere

via Finnish veri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishveriblood
2Proto-Finnicveriblood
3Proto-Uralicwereblood
Every word from Proto-Uralic wixe- →