Where does “savikivi” come from?
savikivi (Finnish) comes from Finnish savi, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.
savikivi (Finnish): claystone; shale
Ancestry of “savikivi”, step by step
savikivi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish savi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | savi | clay |
| 2 | Finnish | -lä | Front vowel variant of -la |
| 3 | Finnish | -as | Forms some adjectives; Forms some nouns |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -s | Forms nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | -s | — |
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... |
Words derived from “savikivi”