Where does “musta hevonen” come from?

musta hevonen (Finnish) comes from Finnish hevonen, from Proto-Finnic hepoinen, from Proto-Finnic -inen — -ish, -ic, -like, -y; -en.

musta hevonen (Finnish): dark horse

Definitions

  1. dark horse

Ancestry of “musta hevonen”, step by step

musta hevonen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hevonen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhevonenhorse, "Equus caballus"; horse; knight
2Proto-Finnichepoinenhorse
3Proto-Finnic-inen-ish, -ic, -like, -y; -en

via Finnish musta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmustablack; black horse; Elative singular form of...
2Finnish-ntääFront vowel variant of -ntaa
Every word from Proto-Finnic -inen →Every word from Proto-Finnic hepoinen →Every word from Finnish hevonen →