Where does “kivenhakkaaja” come from?

kivenhakkaaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish hakkaaja, from Finnish hakata, from Proto-Finnic hak'at'ak.

kivenhakkaaja (Finnish): stonecutter, stonemason

Definitions

  1. stonecutter, stonemason

Ancestry of “kivenhakkaaja”, step by step

kivenhakkaaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hakkaaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhakkaajabeater
2Finnishhakatato hit something repeatedly, as a nail with a...
3Proto-Finnichak'at'ak—

via Finnish kivi

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