Where does “kivimineraali” come from?

kivimineraali (Finnish) comes from Finnish mineraali, from Swedish mineral, from Latin minerale, from Latin mineria.

kivimineraali (Finnish): rock mineral

Definitions

  1. rock mineral

Ancestry of “kivimineraali”, step by step

kivimineraali traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mineraali

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmineraalimineral
2Swedishmineralmineral
3Latinmineralemineral, ore, mine; nominative neuter singular of...
4Latinmineria—

via Finnish kivi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkivistone; a piece of stone which is larger than a...
2Latin-lanominative feminine singular of -lus; nominative...
Every word from Latin mineria →Every word from Latin minerale →Every word from Swedish mineral →