Where does “Kivimäki” come from?

Kivimäki (Finnish) comes from Ingrian mäki, from Proto-Finnic mäki, from Proto-Uralic mäki.

Kivimäki (Finnish): Any of a number of small places in Finland

Definitions

  1. Any of a number of small places in Finland

Ancestry of “Kivimäki”, step by step

Kivimäki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian mäki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianmäkimountain
2Proto-Finnicmäkihill, mountain
3Proto-Uralicmäki—

via Ingrian kivi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingriankivistone
2Proto-Finnickivistone, rock
3Proto-Uralickiwerock, stone
Every word from Proto-Uralic mäki →Every word from Proto-Finnic mäki →Every word from Ingrian mäki →