Where does “sydänmuuri” come from?

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

sydänmuuri (Finnish): a load-bearing longitudinal interior brick wall, as found in traditional buildings

Definitions

  1. a load-bearing longitudinal interior brick wall, as found in traditional buildings

Ancestry of “sydänmuuri”, step by step

sydänmuuri 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 sydän

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsydänheart; core; wick
2Proto-Finnicsüdänheart
3Proto-Uralicśüdämeheart
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy-Every word from Old Latin moerusEvery word from Latin mūrus
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