Where does “koodinmurtaja” come from?

koodinmurtaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish koodi, from English code, from Middle English code, from Old English codd, from Proto-Germanic kuddô, from Proto-Indo-European gewt-, from Proto-Indo-European gū- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

koodinmurtaja (Finnish): codebreaker one who decodes messages without the key

Definitions

  1. codebreaker one who decodes messages without the key

Ancestry of “koodinmurtaja”, step by step

koodinmurtaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish koodi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkoodicode
2EnglishcodeA short symbol, often with little relation to the...
3Middle EnglishcodeAny kind of plant gum; a gummy or resinous...
4Old Englishcoddbag; sack; husk
5Proto-Germanickuddôbag; pod; sack; purse
6Proto-Indo-Europeangewt-sack; pouch; pouch, sack
7Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

via Finnish murtaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmurtajabreaker; cracker; Short for jäänmurtaja
2Finnishice
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja
4Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
5Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
6Proto-Germanic-hwe
7Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū-Every word from Proto-Indo-European gewt-Every word from Proto-Germanic kuddô
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