Where does “kivenmuru” come from?
kivenmuru (Finnish) comes from Finnish muru, from Finnish murtaa, from Proto-Finnic murtadak, from Proto-Uralic mura- — break.
kivenmuru (Finnish): (small) pebble
Ancestry of “kivenmuru”, step by step
kivenmuru traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish muru
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | muru | A crumb; A very small amount of something, a jot,... |
| 2 | Finnish | murtaa | to break; Of a bone, to cause to crack under... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | murtadak | to break |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | mura- | break |
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... |