Where does “viemäristö” come from?

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

viemäristö (Finnish): sewer system

Definitions

  1. sewer system

Ancestry of “viemäristö”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviemärisewer; drain, drainage, plughole
2Finnishviedäto take away, take, bring away
3Proto-Finnicveedäkto take, take away
4Proto-Uralicwixe-to bring, to take somewhere
Every word from Proto-Uralic wixe- →Every word from Proto-Finnic veedäk →Every word from Finnish viedä →