Where does “kaivajahämähäkki” come from?

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

kaivajahämähäkki (Finnish): trapdoor spider

Definitions

  1. trapdoor spider

Ancestry of “kaivajahämähäkki”, step by step

kaivajahämähäkki 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 hämähäkki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhämähäkkispider
Every word from Proto-Uralic kajwa- →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaivadak →Every word from Finnish kaivaa →