Where does “kivirae” come from?

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

kivirae (Finnish): stone grain, pebble, aggregate

Definitions

  1. stone grain, pebble, aggregate

Ancestry of “kivirae”, step by step

kivirae 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 rae

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishraehailstone, hail; grain
2Proto-Finnicragehhail
Every word from Latin -la →Every word from Finnish kivi →
kivirae — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer