Where does “muurinmurtaja” come from?

muurinmurtaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish murtaja, from Finnish jä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

muurinmurtaja (Finnish): battering ram

Definitions

  1. battering ram

Ancestry of “muurinmurtaja”, step by step

muurinmurtaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish murtaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmurtajabreaker; cracker; Short for jäänmurtaja
2Finnishjäice
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja—
4Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
5Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
6Proto-Germanic-hwe—
7Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →