Where does “muistohauta” come from?
muistohauta (Finnish) comes from Finnish muisto, from Ingrian muistaa, from Proto-Finnic muistadak, from Proto-Finno-Ugric muja- — to touch, feel.
muistohauta (Finnish): A cenotaph
Ancestry of “muistohauta”, step by step
muistohauta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish muisto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | muisto | memory, recollection; memento, keepsake; As... |
| 2 | Ingrian | muistaa | remember |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | muistadak | to understand |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | muja- | to touch, feel |
via Finnish hauta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hauta | grave, tomb; trench; kiln, in the compound term... |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | sauþaz | boiling; seething; wellspring; fountain; source;... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂sewt- | to roil; to move about, roil, seethe |