Where does “laapiskivi” come from?

laapiskivi (Finnish) comes from Finnish laapis, from Latin lapis, from Proto-Italic *lapets — stone.

laapiskivi (Finnish): A common name for silver nitrate

Definitions

  1. A common name for silver nitrate

Ancestry of “laapiskivi”, step by step

laapiskivi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish laapis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaapissilver nitrate
2Latinlapisa stone; a milestone; a boundary stone
3Proto-Italic*lapetsstone

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-Italic *lapets →Every word from Latin lapis →Every word from Finnish laapis →