Where does “ojankaivaja” come from?

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

ojankaivaja (Finnish): ditcher, ditchdigger, ditch digger one who digs ditches

Definitions

  1. ditcher, ditchdigger, ditch digger one who digs ditches

Ancestry of “ojankaivaja”, step by step

ojankaivaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kaivaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaivajadigger; excavator; miner
2Finnishkaivaato dig, dig up, dig out, excavate
3Proto-Finnickaivadakto dig up, to excavate
4Proto-Uralickajwa-dig

via Finnish oja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishojaditch, trench; small natural brook
2Proto-Slavicojethill, shaft
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂oyHsos—
Every word from Proto-Uralic kajwa- →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaivadak →Every word from Finnish kaivaa →