Where does “pihakiveys” come from?

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

pihakiveys (Finnish): yard paving, patio paving

Definitions

  1. yard paving, patio paving

Ancestry of “pihakiveys”, step by step

pihakiveys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kiveys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkiveysrock pavement
2FinnishkivetäTo pave with stones or other material resembling...
3Finnishkivistone; a piece of stone which is larger than a...
4Latin-lanominative feminine singular of -lus; nominative...

via Finnish piha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpihayard; at sea
2Proto-Finnicpihayard
Every word from Latin -la →Every word from Finnish kivi →Every word from Finnish kivetä →