Where does “jäkälämuru” come from?

jäkälämuru (Finnish) comes from Finnish muru, from Finnish murtaa, from Proto-Finnic murtadak, from Proto-Uralic mura- — break.

jäkälämuru (Finnish): soredium scalelike reproductive structure in a lichen

Definitions

  1. soredium scalelike reproductive structure in a lichen

Ancestry of “jäkälämuru”, step by step

jäkälämuru traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish muru

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmuruA crumb; A very small amount of something, a jot,...
2Finnishmurtaato break; Of a bone, to cause to crack under...
3Proto-Finnicmurtadakto break
4Proto-Uralicmura-break

via Finnish jäkälä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjäkälälichen
2Proto-Finnicjäkälälichen
3Proto-Finno-Permicjäkä-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic mura- →