Where does “saippuakivi” come from?

saippuakivi (Finnish) comes from Finnish saippua, from Proto-Germanic saipǭ, from Proto-Indo-European seyb- — to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,...

saippuakivi (Finnish): soapstone

Definitions

  1. soapstone

Ancestry of “saippuakivi”, step by step

saippuakivi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish saippua

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsaippuasoap
2Proto-Germanicsaipǭsoap
3Proto-Indo-Europeanseyb-to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,...

via Finnish kivi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkivistone; a piece of stone which is larger than a...
2Latin-lanominative feminine singular of -lus; nominative...

Words derived from “saippuakivi”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European seyb- →Every word from Proto-Germanic saipǭ →Every word from Finnish saippua →