The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromλίθος“a stone”
- Proto-Sami · derived from*ijë“night”
- English todayijolite
Derived from the first syllable of the Finnish words Ii-vaara, Iijoki, etc., common as geographical names in Finland (ultimately reflecting Proto-Sami *ijë (“night”)), and Ancient Greek λίθος (líthos, “a stone”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekλίθος all →
lithiumlithiamegalithnephriteareniliticbalipholitekhmaralitekozulite-litelithectasylithopedionLithosianlithotecnon
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.