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

Definitions

  1. uranium mine

Ancestry of “uraanikaivos”, step by step

uraanikaivos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish uraani

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishuraaniuranium; Partitive singular form of urani;...
2GermanUranuranium
3LatinŪranusUranus god of the sky
4Ancient Greekοὐρανόςthe vaulted sky, on which the stars were attached...
5Ancient Greekϝορσανός—

via Finnish kaivos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaivosmine
2Finnishkaivaato dig, dig up, dig out, excavate
3Proto-Finnickaivadakto dig up, to excavate
4Proto-Uralickajwa-dig
Every word from Ancient Greek ϝορσανός →Every word from Ancient Greek οὐρανός →Every word from Latin Ūranus →