Where does “viemärikaivo” come from?
viemärikaivo (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaivo, from Proto-Finnic kaivo, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.
viemärikaivo (Finnish): gully, manhole
Ancestry of “viemärikaivo”, step by step
viemärikaivo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 | — |
via Finnish viemäri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | viemäri | sewer; drain, drainage, plughole |
| 2 | Finnish | viedä | to take away, take, bring away |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | veedäk | to take, take away |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | wixe- | to bring, to take somewhere |