Where does “murrosikä” come from?
murrosikä (Finnish) comes from Finnish murros, from Finnish murtaa, from Proto-Finnic murtadak, from Proto-Uralic mura- — break.
murrosikä (Finnish): puberty
Ancestry of “murrosikä”, step by step
murrosikä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish murros
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | murros | Group of trees felled by a storm; abatis,... |
| 2 | Finnish | murtaa | to break; Of a bone, to cause to crack under... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | murtadak | to break |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | mura- | break |
via Finnish ikä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ikä | age; life; lifetime |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | ikä | age; lifetime |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | ikä | age, year |
Words derived from “murrosikä”