Where does “muurikivi” come from?

muurikivi (Finnish) comes from Finnish muuri, from Old Swedish mur, from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin moerus, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

muurikivi (Finnish): wallstone, walling stone

Definitions

  1. wallstone, walling stone

Ancestry of “muurikivi”, step by step

muurikivi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish muuri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmuuriwall; barrier, wall
2Old Swedishmur—
3Latinmūruswall, city wall(s), (usually of a city, as opposed to pariēs)
4Old Latinmoerus—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

via Finnish kivi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkivistone; a piece of stone which is larger than a...
2Latin-lanominative feminine singular of -lus; nominative...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy- →Every word from Old Latin moerus →Every word from Latin mūrus →