Where does “mittakivi” come from?

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

mittakivi (Finnish): dimension stone natural stone or rock that has been fabricated to a specific shape / size

Definitions

  1. dimension stone natural stone or rock that has been fabricated to a specific shape / size

Ancestry of “mittakivi”, step by step

mittakivi 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 mitta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmittameasure; length, measure
2Proto-Finnicmittameasure
Every word from Latin -la →Every word from Finnish kivi →