Where does “mustajalka” come from?

mustajalka (Finnish) comes from Finnish jalka, from Proto-Finnic jalka, from Proto-Finno-Ugric jalka.

mustajalka (Finnish): Blackfoot

Definitions

  1. Blackfoot

Ancestry of “mustajalka”, step by step

mustajalka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jalka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjalkafoot; leg; the lower limb of a human
2Proto-Finnicjalkaleg; foot
3Proto-Finno-Ugricjalka—

via Finnish musta

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