Where does “maakuntakivi” come from?

maakuntakivi (Finnish) comes from Finnish maakunta, from Finnish mää, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

maakuntakivi (Finnish): a rock (type) chosen as the rock of a county in Finland

Definitions

  1. a rock (type) chosen as the rock of a county in Finland

Ancestry of “maakuntakivi”, step by step

maakuntakivi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish maakunta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaakuntacounty, province, region
2Finnishmääbaa; I
3Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
4Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
5Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

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-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →