Where does “sorakivi” come from?

sorakivi (Finnish) comes from Finnish sora, from Proto-Finnic sora, from Proto-Finno-Ugric ćora.

sorakivi (Finnish): pebble of gravel

Definitions

  1. pebble of gravel

Ancestry of “sorakivi”, step by step

sorakivi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sora

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsoragravel
2Proto-Finnicsora—
3Proto-Finno-Ugricćora—

via Finnish kivi

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