Where does “kivitavara” come from?
kivitavara (Finnish) comes from Finnish tavara, from Hungarian -á, from Proto-Uralic -i.
kivitavara (Finnish): stoneware
Ancestry of “kivitavara”, step by step
kivitavara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tavara
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tavara | good, goods, ware, article; belongings, stuff;... |
| 2 | Hungarian | -á | Used to form the third-person singular indicative... |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | -i | — |
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... |