way to its present name. Likewise, #lehm, cow, shares its meaning with most western FU languages, except #Erzya and wayMoksha again (#l’išme & #l’išmä) where it means #horse or #SaddleHorse. Disparate though they may seem, all three seem to have the same phonetic origins, a word implying
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whereas #lõhmus and its #Finnish, #Ludian and #Veps equivalents (#lehmus, #lehmuz & #l’ehmuz) mean #linden, in #Erzya and #Moksha (l’evš & l’evəš), it refers to the more economically relevant part of the tree, its bast. And #lõhmus was also called #niinepuu, or bast tree, before gradually giving
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Building alonside Kaevuri, Tallinn.

Front of car built onto building as logo for car-repair company in Kaevuri, Tallinn.

Building and birch trees in Kaevuri, Tallinn.

#Livonian kouvõ, €Finnish and #Votic kaivaa for to dig or dig up, and more distantly from eastern FU languages for spade: #Erzya, kojme; #Moksha, kajmä; #Nganasan, kaibu, etc. Even so, the two #PIE roots – *keue-, swelling, arch, cavity, and *keup-, a hollow (see #Palli)
#Etymology #Etümoloogia
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