Where does “haudankaivaja” come from?
haudankaivaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaivaja, from Finnish kaivaa, from Proto-Finnic kaivadak, from Proto-Uralic kajwa- — dig.
haudankaivaja (Finnish): gravedigger
Ancestry of “haudankaivaja”, step by step
haudankaivaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kaivaja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kaivaja | digger; excavator; miner |
| 2 | Finnish | kaivaa | to dig, dig up, dig out, excavate |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kaivadak | to dig up, to excavate |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | kajwa- | dig |
via Finnish hauta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hauta | grave, tomb; trench; kiln, in the compound term... |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | sauþaz | boiling; seething; wellspring; fountain; source;... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂sewt- | to roil; to move about, roil, seethe |