Where does “holvisto” come from?

holvisto (Finnish) comes from Finnish holvi, from Swedish hvalf — Obsolete spelling of valv; vault.

holvisto (Finnish): vaulting vaulted structure; such structures treated as a group

Definitions

  1. vaulting vaulted structure; such structures treated as a group

Ancestry of “holvisto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishholvivault; fornix
2SwedishhvalfObsolete spelling of valv; vault
Every word from Swedish hvalf →Every word from Finnish holvi →