Where does “torimyyjä” come from?

torimyyjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish tori, from Old Swedish torgh, from Proto-Brythonic *torx, from Latin torquis, from Latin torqueō, from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- — to turn, spin.

torimyyjä (Finnish): market vendor, market trader someone selling goods at a market (square)

Definitions

  1. market vendor, market trader someone selling goods at a market (square)

Ancestry of “torimyyjä”, step by step

torimyyjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tori

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtorimarket, market square; town square; forum
2Old Swedishtorgh—
3Proto-Brythonic*torx—
4Latintorquischaplet
5Latintorqueōto spin, whirl, twirl, turn, cause to revolve
6Proto-Indo-Europeanterkʷ-to turn, spin

via Finnish myyjä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmyyjäseller, vendor
2Finnishmyydäto sell
3Proto-Finnic*müüdäk—
4Proto-Uralicmixe-give
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂mey-gw-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- →Every word from Latin torqueō →Every word from Latin torquis →