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Where does “aivomuuri” come from?

aivomuuri (Finnish) comes from Finnish muuri, from Old Swedish mur, from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin moerus, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

aivomuuri (Finnish): claustrum

Definitions

  1. claustrum

Ancestry of “aivomuuri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmuuriwall; barrier, wall
2Old Swedishmur—
3Latinmūrus—
4Old Latinmoerus—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear
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