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
Ancestry of “kaivinkone”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kaivin | digger |
| 2 | Finnish | -in | Suffix variant for the illative singular, see... |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *-in | — |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |