Where does “paloittelumurha” come from?

paloittelumurha (Finnish) comes from Finnish paloittelu, from Finnish paloitella, from Finnish -öittää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

paloittelumurha (Finnish): murder involving dismemberment or cutting up of the victim

Definitions

  1. murder involving dismemberment or cutting up of the victim

Ancestry of “paloittelumurha”, step by step

paloittelumurha traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish paloittelu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpaloittelucutting up, chopping, slicing
2Finnishpaloitellato cut up, cut, chop, slice, divide into pieces;...
3Finnish-öittääFront vowel variant of -oittaa
4Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
5Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
6Proto-Uralic-kta-

via Finnish murha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmurhamurder; first-degree murder
2Proto-Germanicmurþądeath; killing, murder
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmr̥tósdead; mortal
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttääEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak