Where does “murtosäe” come from?

murtosäe (Finnish) comes from Finnish murto, from Catalan murta, from Latin myrta, from Ancient Greek Μύρτος, from Semitic m-r-r.

murtosäe (Finnish): a line of poetry written in the Kalevala trochaic tetrameter with the initial stress of at least one word lying on a prosodically unstressed syllable (the latter of the two syllables of a foot) after the first foot

Definitions

  1. a line of poetry written in the Kalevala trochaic tetrameter with the initial stress of at least one word lying on a prosodically unstressed syllable (the latter of the two syllables of a foot) after the first foot

Ancestry of “murtosäe”, step by step

murtosäe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish murto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmurtoburglary; breaking
2Catalanmurtamyrtle
3Latinmyrtanominative plural of myrtum; accusative plural of...
4Ancient GreekΜύρτοςmyrtle (Myrtus communis)
5Semiticm-r-r—

via Finnish säe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsäeline, verse
2Finnishsäiethread, strand, fibre, filament; thread; string
3Finnishsääweather; you; fiber, thread, strand
4Proto-Finnicsääweather
5Proto-Finno-Ugricsäŋeair
Every word from Semitic m-r-r →Every word from Ancient Greek Μύρτος →Every word from Latin myrta →