Where does “murdit” come from?

murdit (Northern Sami) comes from Finnish murtaa, from Proto-Finnic murtadak, from Proto-Uralic mura- — break.

murdit (Northern Sami): to move sideways or backwards

Definitions

  1. to move sideways or backwards

Ancestry of “murdit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmurtaato break; Of a bone, to cause to crack under...
2Proto-Finnicmurtadakto break
3Proto-Uralicmura-break
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