Finnish kaivata

← Estonian kaebama (cognate)

← Proto-Finnic *kaibat'ak (inherited)

← Proto-Germanic *kawjaną (derived)

← Proto-Indo-European *gewH- (derived)

← Karelian kaivata (cognate)

← Livonian kaibõ (cognate)

← Võro kaibama (cognate)

→ Finnish kaipuu (suffix)

→ Finnish kaipaus (affix)

→ Finnish kaipaaminen (affix)

→ Finnish kaivuu (mention)

→ Finnish kaipailla (affix)