Where does “liuskekivi” come from?

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

liuskekivi (Finnish): schist, slate, flagstone

Definitions

  1. schist, slate, flagstone

Ancestry of “liuskekivi”, step by step

liuskekivi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kivi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkivistone; a piece of stone which is larger than a...
2Latin-lanominative feminine singular of -lus; nominative...

via Finnish liuske

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishliuskeschist, slate; flagstone
2FinnisheE note
Every word from Latin -la →Every word from Finnish kivi →
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