Where does “kivitalo” come from?
kivitalo (Finnish) comes from Finnish talo, from Ludian taloi, from Proto-Finnic talo, from Proto-Baltic talˀa-.
kivitalo (Finnish): stone house
Ancestry of “kivitalo”, step by step
kivitalo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish talo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | talo | house; building; farm, homestead |
| 2 | Ludian | taloi | farm; house |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | talo | farm, farmstead |
| 4 | Proto-Baltic | talˀa- | — |
via Finnish kivi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kivi | stone; a piece of stone which is larger than a... |
| 2 | Latin | -la | nominative feminine singular of -lus; nominative... |