Where does “murtelu” come from?

murtelu (Finnish) comes from Finnish murrella, from Finnish murtaa, from Proto-Finnic murtadak, from Proto-Uralic mura- — break.

murtelu (Finnish): (leisurely or repeatedly) breaking

Definitions

  1. (leisurely or repeatedly) breaking

Ancestry of “murtelu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmurrella—
2Finnishmurtaato break; Of a bone, to cause to crack under...
3Proto-Finnicmurtadakto break
4Proto-Uralicmura-break
Every word from Proto-Uralic mura- →Every word from Proto-Finnic murtadak →Every word from Finnish murtaa →