Where does “kivijalkakauppa” come from?

kivijalkakauppa (Finnish) comes from Finnish kauppa, from Proto-Germanic kaupaz, from Latin caupo, from Proto-Indo-European kaup-.

kivijalkakauppa (Finnish): street-level store; a store or retailer on the ground floor of a multi-storey building

Definitions

  1. street-level store; a store or retailer on the ground floor of a multi-storey building

Ancestry of “kivijalkakauppa”, step by step

kivijalkakauppa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kauppa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkauppacommerce, business, trade; traffic; buying and...
2Proto-Germanickaupazpurchase
3LatincaupoTradesman; Innkeeper, shopkeeper
4Proto-Indo-Europeankaup-—

via Finnish kivijalka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkivijalkaplinth, stone foundation foundation made of stone
2Finnishjalkafoot; leg; the lower limb of a human
3Proto-Finnicjalkaleg; foot
4Proto-Finno-Ugricjalka—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kaup- →Every word from Latin caupo →Every word from Proto-Germanic kaupaz →