Where does “urajyrsin” come from?
urajyrsin (Finnish) comes from Finnish jyrsin, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.
urajyrsin (Finnish): wall chaser
Ancestry of “urajyrsin”, step by step
urajyrsin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish jyrsin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | jyrsin | milling machine; Synonym of jyrsinterä;... |
| 2 | Finnish | -in | Suffix variant for the illative singular, see... |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *-in | — |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |
via Finnish ura
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ura | track, groove, rut; career; groove, slot, score |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | ura | groove |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | ura | — |