Where does “palomuuri” come from?

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

palomuuri (Finnish): firewall fireproof barrier

Definitions

  1. firewall fireproof barrier

Ancestry of “palomuuri”, step by step

palomuuri 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 Palo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishPaloname of many small places in Finland
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*palo—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy- →Every word from Old Latin moerus →Every word from Latin mūrus →