Where does “laavakivi” come from?
laavakivi (Finnish) comes from Finnish läävä, from Italian lava, from Neapolitan lava, from Latin lābēs, from Latin lābor, from Old Latin labos, from Romanian labă, from Hungarian láb.
laavakivi (Finnish): volcanic rock; scoria
Ancestry of “laavakivi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | läävä | sheepfold, pen for sheep; barn, cowhouse; a... |
| 2 | Italian | lava | third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 3 | Neapolitan | lava | a torrent of rain which washed the streets |
| 4 | Latin | lābēs | — |
| 5 | Latin | lābor | — |
| 6 | Old Latin | labos | — |
| 7 | Romanian | labă | palm; paw |
| 8 | Hungarian | láb | leg; foot; support, stand |
| 9 | Proto-Uralic | luwe | bone |
| 10 | Proto-Iranian | *Hrawpācáh | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *Hrawpāćás | — |