Where does “kuparikaiverrus” come from?

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

kuparikaiverrus (Finnish): copper engraving

Definitions

  1. copper engraving

Ancestry of “kuparikaiverrus”, step by step

kuparikaiverrus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kaiverrus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaiverrusengraving
2FinnishkaivertaaTo engrave, carve; Third-person singular...
3Finnishkaivaato dig, dig up, dig out, excavate
4Proto-Finnickaivadakto dig up, to excavate
5Proto-Uralickajwa-dig

via Finnish kupari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuparicopper
2Old Swedishkoppar
Every word from Proto-Uralic kajwa-Every word from Proto-Finnic kaivadakEvery word from Finnish kaivaa
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