Where does “mamut” come from?
mamut (Finnish) comes from Finnish mamu, from Finnish maahanmuuttaja, from Finnish muuttaja, from Finnish jä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.
mamut (Finnish): Nominative plural form of mamu
Definitions
- Nominative plural form of mamu
Ancestry of “mamut”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | mamu | immigrant |
| 2 | Finnish | maahanmuuttaja | immigrant |
| 3 | Finnish | muuttaja | mover; transformer |
| 4 | Finnish | jä | ice |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *ja | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | jahw | and, also |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -hw | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -hwe | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |