Where does “maankaivuu” come from?
maankaivuu (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaivuu, from Finnish kaivaa, from Proto-Finnic kaivadak, from Proto-Uralic kajwa- — dig.
maankaivuu (Finnish): excavation of land
Ancestry of “maankaivuu”, step by step
maankaivuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via Finnish mää
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mää | baa; I |
| 2 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 3 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |