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-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
2Proto-Uralic-w—

Words derived from “kaivo”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -w →Every word from Proto-Finnic -o →