Where does “katekivi” come from?

katekivi (Finnish) comes from Finnish kivi, from Latin -la — nominative feminine singular of -lus; nominative...

katekivi (Finnish): capstone on a doorway, window, etc

Definitions

  1. capstone on a doorway, window, etc

Ancestry of “katekivi”, step by step

katekivi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kivi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkivistone; a piece of stone which is larger than a...
2Latin-lanominative feminine singular of -lus; nominative...

via Finnish kate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkatecovering, roofing
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*kat'ëk—
Every word from Latin -la →