Where does “moreeniharju” come from?

moreeniharju (Finnish) comes from Finnish harju, from Finnish harja, from Russian Харитон, from Finnish -nen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

moreeniharju (Finnish): esker or ridge made up of till or moraine

Definitions

  1. esker or ridge made up of till or moraine

Ancestry of “moreeniharju”, step by step

moreeniharju traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish harju

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishharjuesker; in colloquial language also a terminal...
2Finnishharjabrush; mane; crest
3RussianХаритон—
4Finnish-nenForms diminutives nouns or terms expressing...
5Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
6Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
7Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish moreeni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmoreenimoraine, till glacial drift consisting of a mixture of clay, sand, pebbles and boulders
2Frenchmorainemoraine
3Italianmorenamoraine, glacial till, drift
4Latinmūruswall, city wall(s), (usually of a city, as opposed to pariēs)
5Old Latinmoerus—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear
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