Where does “kaivostunneli” come from?

kaivostunneli (Finnish) comes from Finnish tunneli, from English Tunnel, from Old French tonel, from Old French tone, from Late Latin tunna, from Proto-Celtic tunna — hide, skin.

kaivostunneli (Finnish): mine tunnel, mine drift

Definitions

  1. mine tunnel, mine drift

Ancestry of “kaivostunneli”, step by step

kaivostunneli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tunneli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtunnelitunnel
2EnglishTunnelAn underground or underwater passage
3Old Frenchtonelbarrel
4Old Frenchtonelarge barrel
5Late Latintunnatun, box
6Proto-Celtictunnahide, skin

via Finnish kaivos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaivosmine
2Finnishkaivaato dig, dig up, dig out, excavate
3Proto-Finnickaivadakto dig up, to excavate
4Proto-Uralickajwa-dig
Every word from Proto-Celtic tunna →Every word from Late Latin tunna →Every word from Old French tone →