Where does “muuraus” come from?
muuraus (Finnish) comes from Finnish muurata, from Swedish mura, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa.
muuraus (Finnish): masonry work or performance of a mason
Definitions
- masonry work or performance of a mason
Ancestry of “muuraus”, step by step
muuraus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish muurata
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | muurata | to mason |
| 2 | Swedish | mura | to brick, to wall (build with bricks) |
| 3 | Swedish | a | from |
| 4 | Swedish | avlopp | a drain; sewage |
| 5 | Swedish | lopp | a race (running competition or (in an extended sense) other speed competition, like in English) |
| 6 | Swedish | löpa | to run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly... |
| 7 | Old Swedish | løpa | to run |
| 8 | Old Norse | hlaupa | to leap, jump, spring |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | hlaupaną | to jump forward, to leap |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | klaup- | — |
via Finnish us
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | us | -ing |