Where does “kivilaituri” come from?
kivilaituri (Finnish) comes from Finnish laituri, from Finnish laita, from Finnish -mpi, from Proto-Uralic -mpa.
kivilaituri (Finnish): stone pier
Ancestry of “kivilaituri”, step by step
kivilaituri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish laituri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | laituri | large: pier, wharf, quay, dock, mole, landing;... |
| 2 | Finnish | laita | edge, margin, border, verge, brink, side; brim;... |
| 3 | Finnish | -mpi | Forms comparative adjectives; Forms adjectives... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -mpa | — |
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... |