Where does “kaivostyöntekijä” come from?

kaivostyöntekijä (Finnish) comes from Finnish työntekijä, from Finnish tekijä, from Proto-Finnic tekejä, from Estonian tegema, from Proto-Finnic tektäk, from Proto-Uralic teke-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

kaivostyöntekijä (Finnish): mineworker, miner

Definitions

  1. mineworker, miner

Ancestry of “kaivostyöntekijä”, step by step

kaivostyöntekijä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish työntekijä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtyöntekijäAn employee
2Finnishtekijäauthor, auteur; maker; doer
3Proto-Finnictekejädoer, maker
4Estoniantegemato do
5Proto-Finnictektäkto do; to make
6Proto-Uralicteke-to do; to put, to place
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

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-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Uralic teke- →Every word from Proto-Finnic tektäk →