Where does “kaivelu” come from?

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

kaivelu (Finnish): digging around

Definitions

  1. digging around

Ancestry of “kaivelu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkaivellaTo dig, pick; To bother
2Finnishkaivaato dig, dig up, dig out, excavate
3Proto-Finnickaivadakto dig up, to excavate
4Proto-Uralickajwa-dig
Every word from Proto-Uralic kajwa- →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaivadak →Every word from Finnish kaivaa →
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