Where does “aarteenkaivaja” come from?

aarteenkaivaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaivaja, from Finnish kaivaa, from Proto-Finnic kaivadak, from Proto-Uralic kajwa- — dig.

aarteenkaivaja (Finnish): treasure digger

Definitions

  1. treasure digger

Ancestry of “aarteenkaivaja”, step by step

aarteenkaivaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kaivaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaivajadigger; excavator; miner
2Finnishkaivaato dig, dig up, dig out, excavate
3Proto-Finnickaivadakto dig up, to excavate
4Proto-Uralickajwa-dig

via Finnish aarre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaarretreasure; treasure trove
Every word from Proto-Uralic kajwa- →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaivadak →Every word from Finnish kaivaa →
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