Where does “kivikylä” come from?

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

kivikylä (Finnish): city, town

Definitions

  1. city, town

Ancestry of “kivikylä”, step by step

kivikylä 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 kylä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkylävillage; Any private place, typically someone...
2Proto-Finno-Ugrickülädwelling
Every word from Latin -la →Every word from Finnish kivi →