Where does “Rajamäki” come from?

Rajamäki (Finnish) comes from Finnish raja, from Old East Slavic краи, from Proto-Slavic krajь, from Proto-Slavic krojiti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic krájīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European kroyh₁-eye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European kroyh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European kroh₁y- — to sift, to separate.

Rajamäki (Finnish): A population centre in the municipality of Nurmijärvi in the Uusimaa region

Definitions

  1. A population centre in the municipality of Nurmijärvi in the Uusimaa region

Ancestry of “Rajamäki”, step by step

Rajamäki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish raja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrajaborder, boundary, limit, line line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions
2Old East Slavicкраиedge; land, country
3Proto-Slavickrajьedge, end
4Proto-Slavickrojitito cut
5Proto-Balto-Slavickrájīˀtei
6Proto-Indo-Europeankroyh₁-eye-ti
7Proto-Indo-Europeankroyh₁-
8Proto-Indo-Europeankroh₁y-
9Proto-Indo-Europeankreh₁y-to sift, to separate

via Finnish Mäki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishMäkiAny of a number of small places in Finland
2Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
3Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
4Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-s
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kreh₁y-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kroh₁y-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kroyh₁-