Where does “itämurre” come from?

itämurre (Finnish) comes from Finnish murre, from Finnish murista, from Finnish -ista — Forms frequentative verbs.

itämurre (Finnish): eastern dialect

Definitions

  1. eastern dialect

Ancestry of “itämurre”, step by step

itämurre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish murre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmurredialect; dog, pooch
2FinnishmuristaTo growl, snarl; To rumble
3Finnish-istaForms frequentative verbs

via Finnish itä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishitäeast; east, eastern; East, the Orient
2Proto-Finnicitäeast
3Proto-Uralicitä-to appear
Every word from Finnish -ista →Every word from Finnish murista →Every word from Finnish murre →