Where does “viirakaivo” come from?

viirakaivo (Finnish) comes from Finnish viira, from Swedish vira, from English wire, from Middle English wir, from Old English wīr, from English myrtle, from Old French myrte, from Latin myrtus.

viirakaivo (Finnish): wire pit

Definitions

wire pit

Ancestry of “viirakaivo”, step by step

viirakaivo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish viira

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	viira	screen woven material
2	Swedish	vira	to wind (yarn on a roll), to roll
3	English	wire	Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now...
4	Middle English	wir	—
5	Old English	wīr	wire, metal thread, wire-ornament
6	English	myrtle	An evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus...
7	Old French	myrte	—
8	Latin	myrtus	myrtle
9	Ancient Greek	μύρτος	myrtle; twig or spray of myrtle
10	Ancient Greek	μυρίκη	tamarisk
11	Ancient Greek	-ίκη	—

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	—

Every word from Ancient Greek -ίκη →Every word from Ancient Greek μυρίκη →Every word from Ancient Greek μύρτος →