Where does “telaketjukaivuri” come from?

telaketjukaivuri (Finnish) comes from Finnish telaketju, from Finnish ketju, from Swedish kedja, from Latin catēna, from Proto-Indo-European kat- — cub; to weave, to braid; to link or weave...

telaketjukaivuri (Finnish): track excavator

Definitions

  1. track excavator

Ancestry of “telaketjukaivuri”, step by step

telaketjukaivuri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish telaketju

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtelaketjuA caterpillar track
2Finnishketjuchain; necklace; line
3Swedishkedjachain; chain; a series of interconnected things;...
4Latincatēnachain
5Proto-Indo-Europeankat-cub; to weave, to braid; to link or weave...

via Finnish kaivuri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaivuriexcavator, digger
2Finnishkaivaato dig, dig up, dig out, excavate
3Proto-Finnickaivadakto dig up, to excavate
4Proto-Uralickajwa-dig
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kat-
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