Where does “kaivanta” come from?

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

kaivanta (Finnish): digging, mining

Definitions

  1. digging, mining

Ancestry of “kaivanta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaivaato dig, dig up, dig out, excavate
2Proto-Finnickaivadakto dig up, to excavate
3Proto-Uralickajwa-dig

Words derived from “kaivanta”

Every word from Proto-Uralic kajwa- →