Where does “karsikivi” come from?
karsikivi (Finnish) comes from Finnish kivi, from Latin -la — nominative feminine singular of -lus; nominative...
karsikivi (Finnish): skarn rock
Ancestry of “karsikivi”, step by step
karsikivi 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 kärsi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kärsi | Third-person singular indicative past form of... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | karci | char, that has been burned and charred |