Where does “kuukivi” come from?
kuukivi (Finnish) comes from Finnish Kuu, from Finnish kuusi, from Proto-Finnic kuuci, from Proto-Uralic kutte — ridge; six.
kuukivi (Finnish): moonstone; moon rock
Ancestry of “kuukivi”, step by step
kuukivi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Kuu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Kuu | The Moon the satellite of the Earth |
| 2 | Finnish | kuusi | six; spruce; Norway spruce, "Picea abies" |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kuuci | six |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | kutte | ridge; six |
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... |