Where does “vuodepaikka” come from?

vuodepaikka (Finnish) comes from Finnish vuode, from Finnish vuota, from Proto-Finnic voota, from Proto-Finnic vootadak, from Proto-Finnic voo, from Proto-Uralic uwa- — to flow.

vuodepaikka (Finnish): a place with a bed at an institution, a facility, a vehicle, etc.; a place where one person can sleep usually quantified with a number

Definitions

  1. a place with a bed at an institution, a facility, a vehicle, etc.; a place where one person can sleep usually quantified with a number

Ancestry of “vuodepaikka”, step by step

vuodepaikka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vuode

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvuodebed
2Finnishvuotahide, pelt; Partitive singular form of vuo
3Proto-Finnicvootahide, pelt
4Proto-Finnicvootadakto flow; to trickle, to seep; to leak
5Proto-Finnicvooflow
6Proto-Uralicuwa-to flow

via Finnish paikka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpaikkaplace, location, spot, site; area, region,...
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*paikka—
3Proto-Germanicspaikǭspoke
4Proto-Indo-Europeanspēy-to stretch; thrive; succeed
Every word from Proto-Uralic uwa- →Every word from Proto-Finnic voo →Every word from Proto-Finnic vootadak →