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Where does “kivetön” come from?

kivetön (Finnish) comes from Finnish kivi, from Finnish kivihiili, from Finnish hiili — coal; charcoal; carbon.

kivetön (Finnish): stoneless

Definitions

  1. stoneless

Ancestry of “kivetön”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkivistone; a piece of stone which is larger than a...
2Finnishkivihiilicoal, black coal, bituminous coal
3Finnishhiilicoal; charcoal; carbon
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