Where does “nurkkakivi” come from?

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

nurkkakivi (Finnish): cornerstone

Definitions

  1. cornerstone

Ancestry of “nurkkakivi”, step by step

nurkkakivi 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 nurkka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnurkkacorner
2Proto-Finnicnurkkacorner
Every word from Latin -la →Every word from Finnish kivi →