Where does “kivipylväs” come from?

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

kivipylväs (Finnish): stone column, stone pillar

Definitions

  1. stone column, stone pillar

Ancestry of “kivipylväs”, step by step

kivipylväs 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 pylväs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpylväscolumn; a free-standing column or pillar; bar
Every word from Latin -laEvery word from Finnish kivi