Where does “musta joulu” come from?

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

musta joulu (Finnish): snowless Christmas

Definitions

  1. snowless Christmas

Ancestry of “musta joulu”, step by step

musta joulu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish musta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmustablack; black horse; Elative singular form of...
2Finnish-ntääFront vowel variant of -ntaa

via Finnish joulu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishjouluChristmas; Abbreviation of joulukuu
Every word from Finnish -ntää →Every word from Finnish musta →