Where does “jääkairaus” come from?
jääkairaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish kairaus, from Finnish kairata, from Finnish kaira, from Sanskrit कार्य, from Sanskrit कृ, from Proto-Indo-European kʷer- — to do; to make; to build.
jääkairaus (Finnish): ice drilling for extracting core samples, etc
Definitions
- ice drilling for extracting core samples, etc
Ancestry of “jääkairaus”, step by step
jääkairaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kairaus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kairaus | boring, drilling |
| 2 | Finnish | kairata | to drill, bore especially by using manual labour, or to collect samples |
| 3 | Finnish | kaira | auger; Short for jääkaira; core drill |
| 4 | Sanskrit | कार्य | function, act, deed; work, business, enterprise;... |
| 5 | Sanskrit | कृ | to make |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷer- | to do; to make; to build |