Where does “kivipato” come from?

kivipato (Finnish) comes from Finnish pato, from Finnish päteä, from Proto-Finnic pätedäk.

kivipato (Finnish): stone dam, rock dam

Definitions

  1. stone dam, rock dam

Ancestry of “kivipato”, step by step

kivipato traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pato

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpatodam, dike
2Finnishpäteäto apply, be valid
3Proto-Finnicpätedäk—

via Finnish kivi

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