Where does “kaivin” come from?

kaivin (Finnish) comes from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

kaivin (Finnish): digger

Definitions

  1. digger

Ancestry of “kaivin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
3Proto-Uralic-ma—

Words derived from “kaivin”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →