Where does “musta savikivi” come from?

musta savikivi (Finnish) comes from Finnish savikivi, from Finnish savi, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

musta savikivi (Finnish): black shale

Definitions

  1. black shale

Ancestry of “musta savikivi”, step by step

musta savikivi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish savikivi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsavikiviclaystone; shale
2Finnishsaviclay
3Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
4Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
5Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
6Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish musta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmustablack; black horse; Elative singular form of...
2Finnish-ntääFront vowel variant of -ntaa
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -as →