Where does “kivikasvo” come from?
kivikasvo (Finnish) comes from Finnish kasvo, from Veps kazda, from Proto-Finnic kasvadak, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewks-.
kivikasvo (Finnish): a stony-faced person
Ancestry of “kivikasvo”, step by step
kivikasvo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kasvo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kasvo | face; face, figure |
| 2 | Veps | kazda | to grow; to grow up; to increase |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kasvadak | to grow |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ewks- | — |
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... |
Words derived from “kivikasvo”