Where does “verikivi” come from?

verikivi (Finnish) comes from Finnish veri, from Proto-Finnic veri, from Proto-Uralic were — blood.

verikivi (Finnish): haematite, hematite; bloodstone

Definitions

  1. haematite, hematite; bloodstone

Ancestry of “verikivi”, step by step

verikivi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish veri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishveriblood
2Proto-Finnicveriblood
3Proto-Uralicwereblood

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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