Where does “viemäri” come from?

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

viemäri (Finnish): sewer; drain, drainage, plughole

Definitions

  1. sewer; drain, drainage, plughole

Ancestry of “viemäri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviedäto take away, take, bring away
2Proto-Finnicveedäkto take, take away
3Proto-Uralicwixe-to bring, to take somewhere

Words derived from “viemäri

Every word from Proto-Uralic wixe-Every word from Proto-Finnic veedäkEvery word from Finnish viedä