Where does “mustajänis” come from?

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

mustajänis (Finnish): black jackrabbit

Definitions

  1. black jackrabbit

Ancestry of “mustajänis”, step by step

mustajänis 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 jänis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjänishare; mountain hare, "Lepus timidus"; stowaway
2Proto-Finnicjänishare
Every word from Finnish -ntää →Every word from Finnish musta →