Where does “hohtokivi” come from?
hohtokivi (Finnish) comes from Finnish hohto, from Finnish hohtaa, from Finnish hohkaa, from Proto-Finnic hohkadak — to emanate, to radiate (heat).
Ancestry of “hohtokivi”, step by step
hohtokivi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish hohto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hohto | shining; gleaming; glowing |
| 2 | Finnish | hohtaa | To glow, shine, glimmer, gleam |
| 3 | Finnish | hohkaa | — |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | hohkadak | to emanate, to radiate (heat) |
via Finnish kivi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kivi | stone; a piece of stone which is larger than a... |
| 2 | Latin | -la | nominative feminine singular of -lus; nominative... |