Where does “rajapuomi” come from?
rajapuomi (Finnish) comes from Finnish raja, from Old East Slavic краи, from Proto-Slavic krajь, from Proto-Slavic krojiti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic krájīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European kroyh₁-eye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European kroyh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European kroh₁y- — to sift, to separate.
rajapuomi (Finnish): a bar gate or boom barrier at a border
Definitions
- a bar gate or boom barrier at a border
Ancestry of “rajapuomi”, step by step
rajapuomi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish raja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | raja | border, boundary, limit, line line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions |
| 2 | Old East Slavic | краи | edge; land, country |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | krajь | edge, end |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | krojiti | to cut |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | krájīˀtei | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kroyh₁-eye-ti | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kroyh₁- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kroh₁y- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kreh₁y- | to sift, to separate |
via Finnish puomi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | puomi | barrier; boom; balance beam |
| 2 | Swedish | bom | barrier; miss, failure to hit; boom |
| 3 | Middle Low German | bôm | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | bōm | tree |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | baum | tree; beam |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | baumaz | Alternative form of *bagmaz; tree, beam, balk;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰew- | to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to... |