Where does “vapaamuurarius” come from?
vapaamuurarius (Finnish) comes from Finnish vapaamuurari, from Finnish muurari, from Swedish murare, from Swedish mura, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa.
vapaamuurarius (Finnish): Freemasonry
Ancestry of “vapaamuurarius”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | vapaamuurari | a Freemason |
| 2 | Finnish | muurari | A bricklayer; A mason |
| 3 | Swedish | murare | a mason |
| 4 | Swedish | mura | — |
| 5 | Swedish | a | from |
| 6 | Swedish | avlopp | a drain; sewage |
| 7 | Swedish | lopp | a run, trace, track, path, a running ... |
| 8 | Swedish | löpa | to run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly... |
| 9 | Old Swedish | løpa | to run |
| 10 | Old Norse | hlaupa | to leap, jump, spring |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | hlaupaną | to jump forward, to leap |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | klaup- | — |