Where does “puumurske” come from?

puumurske (Finnish) comes from Finnish murske, from Finnish murskata, from Finnish tä, from Finnish mitä — Partitive singular form of mikä; Partitive...

puumurske (Finnish): crushed wood

Definitions

  1. crushed wood

Ancestry of “puumurske”, step by step

puumurske traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish murske

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmurskecrushed stone; crushed material
2FinnishmurskataTo crush, smash, shatter, pulverize; To grind; To...
3Finnishtäwhat
4FinnishmitäPartitive singular form of mikä; Partitive...

via Finnish puu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuutree; wood
2Proto-Finnicpuutree
3Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood
Every word from Finnish mitä →Every word from Finnish tä →Every word from Finnish murskata →