Where does “muurainaste” come from?

muurainaste (Finnish) comes from Finnish aste, from Finnish astua, from Proto-Finnic astudak — to step, to take steps.

muurainaste (Finnish): morula stage stage in development of an embryo in which the embryo is a solid ball of 16 undifferentiated cells

Definitions

  1. morula stage stage in development of an embryo in which the embryo is a solid ball of 16 undifferentiated cells

Ancestry of “muurainaste”, step by step

muurainaste traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish aste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishastegrade; degree; degree, degree Celsius
2Finnishastuato step (on), tread (on), pace, stride
3Proto-Finnicastudakto step, to take steps

via Finnish muurain

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmuuraincloudberry, "Rubus chamaemorus"
2Proto-Finnicmura-cloudberry, Rubus chamaemorus
3Proto-Uralicmura—
Every word from Proto-Finnic astudak →Every word from Finnish astua →Every word from Finnish aste →