Where does “kivityökalu” come from?

kivityökalu (Finnish) comes from Finnish työkalu, from Finnish työ, from Proto-Finnic töö, from Proto-Finnic tek, from Proto-Uralic te — you.

kivityökalu (Finnish): stone tool

Definitions

  1. stone tool

Ancestry of “kivityökalu”, step by step

kivityökalu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish työkalu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyökalutool
2Finnishtyöwork; job; you
3Proto-FinnictööAlternative form of *tek; work, labour
4Proto-Finnictekyou
5Proto-Uralicteyou

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 te →Every word from Proto-Finnic tek →Every word from Proto-Finnic töö →