Where does “kärpänkivi” come from?
kärpänkivi (Finnish) comes from Finnish kivi, from Latin -la — nominative feminine singular of -lus; nominative...
Ancestry of “kärpänkivi”, step by step
kärpänkivi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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... |
via Finnish kärppä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kärppä | stoat, short-tailed weasel; ermine especially in the white winter coat, Mustela erminea |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kärppä | stoat, ermine |