Where does “itkumuuri” come from?

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

itkumuuri (Finnish): Wailing Wall

Definitions

  1. Wailing Wall

Ancestry of “itkumuuri”, step by step

itkumuuri 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 itku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishitkucry, crying
2Proto-Finnicitkucry
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy- →Every word from Old Latin moerus →Every word from Latin mūrus →