Where does “muistilokero” come from?
muistilokero (Finnish) comes from Finnish muisti, from Finnish muistaa, from Proto-Finnic muistadak, from Proto-Finno-Ugric muja- — to touch, feel.
muistilokero (Finnish): memory bank
Ancestry of “muistilokero”, step by step
muistilokero traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish muisti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | muisti | memory; Third-person singular past form of... |
| 2 | Finnish | muistaa | to remember, recall, recollect; Third-person... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | muistadak | to understand |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | muja- | to touch, feel |
via Finnish lokero
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lokero | small compartment or box; pigeonhole |
| 2 | Middle Low German | lok | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | lok | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *lok | — |