Where does “kivihiomo” come from?
kivihiomo (Finnish) comes from Finnish hiomo, from Finnish hioa, from Proto-Finnic hijodak, from Proto-Finno-Ugric šija-.
kivihiomo (Finnish): stone grindery
Ancestry of “kivihiomo”, step by step
kivihiomo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish hiomo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hiomo | grindery |
| 2 | Finnish | hioa | to grind, whet, hone; to grind, sharpen; to sand |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | hijodak | to grind, to hone, to whet |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | šija- | — |
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... |