Where does “kivikirves” come from?

kivikirves (Finnish) comes from Finnish kivi, from Latin -la — nominative feminine singular of -lus; nominative...

kivikirves (Finnish): flint tool, stone axe

Definitions

  1. flint tool, stone axe

Ancestry of “kivikirves”, step by step

kivikirves traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kivi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkivistone; a piece of stone which is larger than a...
2Latin-lanominative feminine singular of -lus; nominative...

via Finnish kirves

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirvesaxe
2Proto-Finnickirvesaxe
Every word from Latin -la →Every word from Finnish kivi →
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