Where does “tomumaja” come from?

tomumaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish tomu, from Proto-Finnic tomu — dust.

tomumaja (Finnish): tabernacle

Definitions

  1. tabernacle

Ancestry of “tomumaja”, step by step

tomumaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tomu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtomudust; ashes or remains; earth, soil
2Proto-Finnictomudust

via Finnish maja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmajahut
2Proto-Finnicmajahouse
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