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Where does “kaivo” come from?

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

kaivo (Proto-Finnic): well

Definitions

  1. well

Ancestry of “kaivo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnic-o—
2Proto-Uralic-w—

Words derived from “kaivo”

  • kaivovesi
  • suihkukaivo
  • saostuskaivo
  • kaivo
  • likakaivo
  • sakokaivo
  • arteesinen kaivo
  • kaivonkatsominen
  • toivomuskaivo
  • kaev
  • kaevik
  • gáivo
  • kouv
  • kaiv
  • kaivo
  • kaivo
  • kaiv
  • kaiv
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