Where does “muurauskivi” come from?
muurauskivi (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.
muurauskivi (Finnish): masonry unit
Definitions
- masonry unit
Ancestry of “muurauskivi”, step by step
muurauskivi 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- | — |