Where does “taistelukaivanto” come from?
taistelukaivanto (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaivanto, from Finnish -ntö, from Finnish -mö, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.
taistelukaivanto (Finnish): war trench
Ancestry of “taistelukaivanto”, step by step
taistelukaivanto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kaivanto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kaivanto | trench |
| 2 | Finnish | -ntö | — |
| 3 | Finnish | -mö | Front vowel variant of -mo |
| 4 | Finnish | -i | A nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -j | oblique plural |
via Finnish taistelu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | taistelu | fight; struggle; battle |
| 2 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |