Where does “korrusmaja” come from?

korrusmaja (Estonian) comes from Estonian maja, from Proto-Finnic maja — house.

korrusmaja (Estonian): apartment building, block, block of flats, tower block

Definitions

  1. apartment building, block, block of flats, tower block

Ancestry of “korrusmaja”, step by step

korrusmaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian maja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianmajahouse
2Proto-Finnicmajahouse

via Estonian korrus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniankorrusstorey, floor
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