Where does “laattakiveys” come from?

laattakiveys (Finnish) comes from Finnish kiveys, from Finnish kivetä, from Finnish kivi, from Latin -la — nominative feminine singular of -lus; nominative...

laattakiveys (Finnish): flagging pavement or sidewalk of flagstones

Definitions

  1. flagging pavement or sidewalk of flagstones

Ancestry of “laattakiveys”, step by step

laattakiveys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kiveys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkiveysrock pavement
2FinnishkivetäTo pave with stones or other material resembling...
3Finnishkivistone; a piece of stone which is larger than a...
4Latin-lanominative feminine singular of -lus; nominative...

via Finnish laatta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaattaslab; tile; flagstone
2Old Swedishplata—
Every word from Latin -la →Every word from Finnish kivi →Every word from Finnish kivetä →