Where does “viemäröinti” come from?
viemäröinti (Finnish) comes from Finnish viemäröidä, from Finnish viemäri, from Finnish viedä, from Proto-Finnic veedäk, from Proto-Uralic wixe- — to bring, to take somewhere.
viemäröinti (Finnish): installing a sewer (to)
Definitions
- installing a sewer (to)
Ancestry of “viemäröinti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | viemäröidä | to install a sewer to |
| 2 | Finnish | viemäri | sewer; drain, drainage, plughole |
| 3 | Finnish | viedä | to take away, take, bring away |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | veedäk | to take, take away |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | wixe- | to bring, to take somewhere |