Where does “kiviseppä” come from?

kiviseppä (Finnish) comes from Finnish seppä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *seppä, from Proto-Uralic śeppä — skilled.

kiviseppä (Finnish): stonemason

Definitions

  1. stonemason

Ancestry of “kiviseppä”, step by step

kiviseppä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish seppä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseppäsmith, blacksmith; click beetle
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*seppä—
3Proto-Uralicśeppäskilled

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 śeppä →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *seppä →Every word from Finnish seppä →