Where does “kaivinkone” come from?

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

kaivinkone (Finnish): excavator, digger

Definitions

  1. excavator, digger

Ancestry of “kaivinkone”, step by step

kaivinkone traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kaivin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaivindigger
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
4Proto-Uralic-ma—

via Finnish kone

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkonemachine; appliance; Short for lentokone
2Proto-Finnickonehmagic
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Finnish -in →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in →