Where does “risumaja” come from?

risumaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish maja, from Proto-Finnic maja — house.

risumaja (Finnish): stick hut

Definitions

  1. stick hut

Ancestry of “risumaja”, step by step

risumaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish maja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmajahut
2Proto-Finnicmajahouse

via Finnish risu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrisustick, dry twig; brickbat
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