Where does “kaivo” come from?

kaivo (Karelian) comes from Proto-Finnic kaivo, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.

kaivo (Karelian): well

Definitions

  1. well

Ancestry of “kaivo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnickaivowell
2Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
3Proto-Uralic-w—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w →Every word from Proto-Finnic -o →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaivo →