Where does “muuraushiekka” come from?
muuraushiekka (Finnish) comes from Finnish muuraus, from Finnish muurata, from Swedish mura, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa.
muuraushiekka (Finnish): masonry sand, mortar sand
Definitions
- masonry sand, mortar sand
Ancestry of “muuraushiekka”, step by step
muuraushiekka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish muuraus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | muuraus | masonry work or performance of a mason |
| 2 | Finnish | muurata | to mason |
| 3 | Swedish | mura | to brick, to wall (build with bricks) |
| 4 | Swedish | a | from |
| 5 | Swedish | avlopp | a drain; sewage |
| 6 | Swedish | lopp | a race (running competition or (in an extended sense) other speed competition, like in English) |
| 7 | Swedish | löpa | to run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly... |
| 8 | Old Swedish | løpa | to run |
| 9 | Old Norse | hlaupa | to leap, jump, spring |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | hlaupaną | to jump forward, to leap |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | klaup- | — |
via Finnish hiekka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hiekka | sand; gravel, the small kind used to prevent... |
| 2 | Finnish | hieta | silt, fine sand |
| 3 | Ingrian | hiki | sweat |
| 4 | Finnish | -stua | Forms translative verbs |
| 5 | Finnish | -staa | Forms captative verbs, i.e. verbs for hunting or... |
| 6 | Finnish | saalistaa | to prey, hunt |
| 7 | Finnish | taa | Of movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse |
| 8 | Finnish | taka | the backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"... |
| 9 | Proto-Finnic | taka | back, a place behind |
| 10 | Proto-Uralic | taka | a place behind |