Where does “reunuskivi” come from?
reunuskivi (Finnish) comes from Finnish reunus, from Finnish reuna, from Proto-Finnic reuna — edge.
reunuskivi (Finnish): kerbstone
Ancestry of “reunuskivi”, step by step
reunuskivi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish reunus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | reunus | skirt, edge, border, curb; bordure |
| 2 | Finnish | reuna | rim; brink, edge, border; boundary |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | reuna | edge |
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... |