Where does “palavakivi” come from?
palavakivi (Finnish) comes from Finnish palava, from Finnish palaa, from Proto-Finnic paladak, from Proto-Uralic pala- — to devour, eat.
palavakivi (Finnish): oil shale
Ancestry of “palavakivi”, step by step
palavakivi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish palava
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | palava | burning; flammable, inflammable; Present active... |
| 2 | Finnish | palaa | to burn; to shine, emit light; to smoke, used... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | paladak | to burn, to be burning |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | pala- | to devour, eat |
via Finnish kivi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kivi | stone; a piece of stone which is larger than a... |
| 2 | Latin | -la | nominative feminine singular of -lus; nominative... |