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Where does “kaivai” come from?

kaivai (Veps) comes from Veps kaida, from Spanish caída, from Spanish caer, from Old Spanish caer.

kaivai (Veps): miner

Definitions

  1. miner

Ancestry of “kaivai”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vepskaidato dig
2Spanishcaídafeminine singular of caído; fall; crash
3Spanishcaerto fall; to fall down, to collapse; to fall out
4Old Spanishcaer—
Every word from Old Spanish caer →