vierivä kivi ei sammaloidu

Finnish

Alternative forms

  • liikkuva kivi ei sammaloidu

Etymology

A variant can be found in Henrik Florinus: Wanhain suomalaisten tawaliset ja suloiset sananlascut ("The Proper and Graceful Proverbs of the Old Finns", 1702): Ei lijckuwan kiwen paͤaͤllaͤ ſammala caſwa.

Proverb

vierivä kivi ei sammaloidu

  1. a rolling stone gathers no moss
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