Where does “musamaku” come from?

musamaku (Finnish) comes from Finnish musa, from Swedish mös, from Old Frisian mūth, from Proto-West Germanic *munþ, from Proto-Germanic munþaz, from Proto-Indo-European men- — to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...

musamaku (Finnish): music taste

Definitions

  1. music taste

Ancestry of “musamaku”, step by step

musamaku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish musa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmusamusic
2Swedishmösmash, puree (mass of something mashed)
3Old Frisianmūthmouth
4Proto-West Germanic*munþmouth
5Proto-Germanicmunþazmouth
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmen-to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...

via Finnish maku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmakutaste, flavor; sense of taste; flavor of a quark...
2Proto-Finnicmakutaste, flavour
3Proto-Germanicsmakkuztaste, savour, smatch, flavour
4Proto-Indo-Europeansmegʰ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European men- →Every word from Proto-Germanic munþaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *munþ →
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