Where does “kaiverre” come from?

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

kaiverre (Finnish): gravure

Definitions

  1. gravure

Ancestry of “kaiverre”, step by step

kaiverre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kaivertaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkaivertaaTo engrave, carve; Third-person singular...
2Finnishkaivaato dig, dig up, dig out, excavate
3Proto-Finnickaivadakto dig up, to excavate
4Proto-Uralickajwa-dig

via Finnish e

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