Where does “uraanikaivos” come from?
uraanikaivos (Finnish) comes from Finnish uraani, from German Uran, from Latin Ūranus, from Ancient Greek οὐρανός, from Ancient Greek ϝορσανός.
uraanikaivos (Finnish): uranium mine
Ancestry of “uraanikaivos”, step by step
uraanikaivos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish uraani
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | uraani | uranium; Partitive singular form of urani;... |
| 2 | German | Uran | uranium |
| 3 | Latin | Ūranus | Uranus god of the sky |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | οὐρανός | the vaulted sky, on which the stars were attached... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ϝορσανός | — |
via Finnish kaivos
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kaivos | mine |
| 2 | Finnish | kaivaa | to dig, dig up, dig out, excavate |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kaivadak | to dig up, to excavate |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | kajwa- | dig |