Where does “kouv” come from?

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

kouv (Livonian): well; dig

Definitions

  1. well; dig

Ancestry of “kouv”, 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 →