Where does “sepelikivi” come from?
sepelikivi (Finnish) comes from Finnish sepeli, from Russian щебень, from Proto-Slavic *ščebьňь, from Proto-Indo-European skÀbʰ- — to scratch, scrape.
sepelikivi (Finnish): crushed stone
Ancestry of “sepelikivi”, step by step
sepelikivi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish sepeli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sepeli | crushed stone, often sorted by size, used as... |
| 2 | Russian | щебень | crushed stone, road metal; detritus |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | *ščebьňь | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | skÀbʰ- | to scratch, scrape |
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... |