Where does “kaivuujäte” come from?
kaivuujäte (Finnish) comes from Finnish jäte, from Finnish jättää, from Proto-Finnic jättädäk, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
kaivuujäte (Finnish): excavation
Ancestry of “kaivuujäte”, step by step
kaivuujäte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish jäte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | jäte | waste, garbage, rubbish |
| 2 | Finnish | jättää | to leave; to take, drop off, deliver; to submit |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | jättädäk | to leave |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish kaivuu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kaivuu | excavation, digging |
| 2 | Finnish | kaivaa | to dig, dig up, dig out, excavate |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kaivadak | to dig up, to excavate |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | kajwa- | dig |