Where does “ihmismuuri” come from?

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

ihmismuuri (Finnish): human wall, human barricade

Definitions

  1. human wall, human barricade

Ancestry of “ihmismuuri”, step by step

ihmismuuri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish muuri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmuuriwall; barrier, wall
2Old Swedishmur
3Latinmūruswall, city wall(s), (usually of a city, as opposed to pariēs)
4Old Latinmoerus
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

via Finnish ihminen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishihminenhuman, human being; person
2Finnishinhiminen
3Proto-Finnicinhiminenhuman, human being
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy-Every word from Old Latin moerusEvery word from Latin mūrus