Where does “kivipestä” come from?

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

kivipestä (Finnish): to stonewash

Definitions

  1. to stonewash

Ancestry of “kivipestä”, step by step

kivipestä 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 pestä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpestäto wash; to launder; to win
2Proto-Finnicpestäkto wash
Every word from Latin -la →Every word from Finnish kivi →