Where does “murupolku” come from?
murupolku (Finnish) comes from Finnish muru, from Finnish murtaa, from Proto-Finnic murtadak, from Proto-Uralic mura- — break.
murupolku (Finnish): breadcrumb trail
Ancestry of “murupolku”, step by step
murupolku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish muru
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | muru | A crumb; A very small amount of something, a jot,... |
| 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 polku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | polku | path, trail, track; path; treading, stomping |
| 2 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |