Where does “kiviraunio” come from?

kiviraunio (Finnish) comes from Finnish raunio, from Finnish -io, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.

kiviraunio (Finnish): stone ruin

Definitions

  1. stone ruin

Ancestry of “kiviraunio”, step by step

kiviraunio traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish raunio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishraunioruin
2Finnish-ioForms nouns from verbs or verbal stems; Forms...
3Finnish-oForms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
5Proto-Uralic-w

via Finnish kivi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkivistone; a piece of stone which is larger than a...
2Latin-lanominative feminine singular of -lus; nominative...
Every word from Proto-Uralic -wEvery word from Finnish -oEvery word from Proto-Finnic -o