Where does “puunkaivaja” come from?

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

puunkaivaja (Finnish): deathwatch beetle beetle of the family Anobiidae

Definitions

  1. deathwatch beetle beetle of the family Anobiidae

Ancestry of “puunkaivaja”, step by step

puunkaivaja 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 puu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuutree; wood
2Proto-Finnicpuutree
3Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood
Every word from Proto-Uralic kajwa- →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaivadak →Every word from Finnish kaivaa →