Where does “huurretursas” come from?

huurretursas (Finnish) comes from Finnish huurre, from Finnish huurtaa, from Finnish taa, from Finnish taka, from Proto-Finnic taka, from Proto-Uralic taka — a place behind.

huurretursas (Finnish): ice giant type of giant associated with coldness

Definitions

  1. ice giant type of giant associated with coldness

Ancestry of “huurretursas”, step by step

huurretursas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish huurre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhuurrerime
2FinnishhuurtaaTo frost, fog up; Third-person singular...
3FinnishtaaOf movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse
4Finnishtakathe backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"...
5Proto-Finnictakaback, a place behind
6Proto-Uralictakaa place behind

via Finnish Tursas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishTursasthe god of war
2Proto-Germanicþurisazgiant; demon; monster; name of the þ-rune
3Proto-Indo-Europeantur-
Every word from Proto-Uralic takaEvery word from Proto-Finnic takaEvery word from Finnish taka