Where does “kiuaskivi” come from?

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

kiuaskivi (Finnish): A stone used in a sauna stove

Definitions

  1. A stone used in a sauna stove

Ancestry of “kiuaskivi”, step by step

kiuaskivi 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 kiuas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkiuasA sauna stove, traditionally a wood-burning...
2Proto-Finnickiukasastove in a sauna
Every word from Latin -la →Every word from Finnish kivi →