Where does “kaivuri” come from?

kaivuri (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaivaa, from Proto-Finnic kaivadak, from Proto-Uralic kajwa- — dig.

kaivuri (Finnish): excavator, digger

Definitions

  1. excavator, digger

Ancestry of “kaivuri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaivaato dig, dig up, dig out, excavate
2Proto-Finnickaivadakto dig up, to excavate
3Proto-Uralickajwa-dig

Words derived from “kaivuri”

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