Where does “mustikas” come from?

mustikas (Estonian) comes from Finnish mustikka, from Finnish musta, from Finnish -ntää — Front vowel variant of -ntaa.

mustikas (Estonian): blueberry

Definitions

  1. blueberry

Ancestry of “mustikas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmustikkabilberry, "Vaccinium myrtillus"; a common shrub...
2Finnishmustablack; black horse; Elative singular form of...
3Finnish-ntääFront vowel variant of -ntaa
Every word from Finnish -ntää →Every word from Finnish musta →Every word from Finnish mustikka →
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