Where does “mustahäntäpeura” come from?

mustahäntäpeura (Finnish) comes from Finnish häntä, from Proto-Finnic häntä, from Proto-Uralic čänčä.

Ancestry of “mustahäntäpeura”, step by step

mustahäntäpeura traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish häntä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhäntäa narrow tail; ogonek; Partitive form of hän
2Proto-Finnichäntätail
3Proto-Uralicčänčä—

via Finnish peura

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpeuraa reindeer or a caribou, a general term used to...
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*pëtra—

via Finnish musta

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