Where does “kaivostoiminta” come from?

kaivostoiminta (Finnish) comes from Finnish toiminta, from Finnish toimia, from Finnish Toimi, from Finnish toimi, from Proto-Finnic toimi, from Proto-Finnic toodak, from Proto-Uralic toxe-, from Hungarian -ik — Specifies "which" one of a specific set of...

kaivostoiminta (Finnish): mining

Definitions

  1. mining

Ancestry of “kaivostoiminta”, step by step

kaivostoiminta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish toiminta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtoimintaaction, activity
2Finnishtoimiato work, function, run; to serve, act, work; to...
3FinnishToimichore, task, job, duty
4Finnishtoimichore, task, job, duty; activities, business,...
5Proto-Finnictoimiwork, task, chore
6Proto-Finnictoodakto bring
7Proto-Uralictoxe-to bring, give
8Hungarian-ikSpecifies "which" one of a specific set of...

via Finnish kaivos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaivosmine
2Finnishkaivaato dig, dig up, dig out, excavate
3Proto-Finnickaivadakto dig up, to excavate
4Proto-Uralickajwa-dig
Every word from Hungarian -ikEvery word from Proto-Uralic toxe-Every word from Proto-Finnic toodak