Where does “vapaamuurari” come from?
vapaamuurari (Finnish) comes from Finnish muurari, from Swedish murare, from Swedish mura, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa.
vapaamuurari (Finnish): a Freemason
Definitions
- a Freemason
Ancestry of “vapaamuurari”, step by step
vapaamuurari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish muurari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | muurari | A bricklayer; A mason |
| 2 | Swedish | murare | a mason |
| 3 | Swedish | mura | to brick, to wall (build with bricks) |
| 4 | Swedish | a | from |
| 5 | Swedish | avlopp | a drain; sewage |
| 6 | Swedish | lopp | a race (running competition or (in an extended sense) other speed competition, like in English) |
| 7 | Swedish | löpa | to run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly... |
| 8 | Old Swedish | løpa | to run |
| 9 | Old Norse | hlaupa | to leap, jump, spring |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | hlaupaną | to jump forward, to leap |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | klaup- | — |