Where does “musträstas” come from?

musträstas (Estonian) comes from Estonian must, from Proto-Finnic musta — black.

musträstas (Estonian): Eurasian blackbird

Definitions

  1. Eurasian blackbird

Ancestry of “musträstas”, step by step

musträstas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian must

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianmustblack; Dark, without light, illumination; Having...
2Proto-Finnicmustablack

via Estonian rästas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianrästasthrush; starling
Every word from Proto-Finnic musta →Every word from Estonian must →