Where does “graniittiveistos” come from?

graniittiveistos (Finnish) comes from Finnish graniitti, from Italian granito, from Italian granire, from Italian grano, from Latin grānum, from Proto-Italic grānom, from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nóm, from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nós — to grow old, to mature.

graniittiveistos (Finnish): granite sculpture

Definitions

  1. granite sculpture

Ancestry of “graniittiveistos”, step by step

graniittiveistos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish graniitti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishgraniittigranite
2Italiangranitogranite; past participle of granire
3Italiangranireto granulate; to form grains or seeds
4Italiangranowheat, corn; grain; bead
5Latingrānumgrain, seed, small kernel
6Proto-Italicgrānomgrain
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵr̥h₂nómgrain
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵr̥h₂nósmatured, grown old
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵerh₂-to grow old, to mature

via Finnish veistos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishveistosA sculpture
2Finnishveistääto carve, cut, whittle; to sculpture, sculpt, hew
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nóm →