Where does “laavakivilaji” come from?
laavakivilaji (Finnish) comes from Finnish laji, from Old Swedish slagh, from Middle Low German slach, from Old Saxon slag, from Proto-West Germanic slagi, from Swedish slagg, from Low German slagge, from Middle Low German slagge — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...
laavakivilaji (Finnish): volcanic rock
Definitions
- volcanic rock
Ancestry of “laavakivilaji”, step by step
laavakivilaji traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish laji
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | laji | kind, sort; species; sport |
| 2 | Old Swedish | slagh | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | slach | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | slag | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | slagi | blow, strike |
| 6 | Swedish | slagg | slag metallurgical waste material |
| 7 | Low German | slagge | — |
| 8 | Middle Low German | slagge | — |
| 9 | Middle Low German | slān | to hit, strike |
| 10 | Old Saxon | slāhan | to hit |
| 11 | Proto-West Germanic | slahan | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | slahaną | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | slak- | to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,... |
via Finnish laavakivi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | laavakivi | volcanic rock; scoria |
| 2 | Finnish | läävä | sheepfold, pen for sheep; barn, cowhouse; a... |
| 3 | Italian | lava | third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 4 | Neapolitan | lava | a torrent of rain which washed the streets |
| 5 | Latin | lābēs | fall, collapse |
| 6 | Latin | lābor | work |
| 7 | Old Latin | labos | — |
| 8 | Romanian | labă | palm; paw |
| 9 | Hungarian | láb | leg; foot; support, stand |
| 10 | Proto-Uralic | luwe | bone |
| 11 | Proto-Iranian | *Hrawpācáh | fox |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *Hrawpāćás | fox |