Where does “mustajuuri” come from?

mustajuuri (Finnish) comes from Finnish juuri, from Proto-Finnic juuri, from Proto-Finno-Permic jure.

mustajuuri (Finnish): black salsify, Scorzonera hispanica

Definitions

  1. black salsify, Scorzonera hispanica

Ancestry of “mustajuuri”, step by step

mustajuuri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish juuri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjuuriroot; Short for taikinajuuri; a zero of a...
2Proto-Finnicjuuriroot
3Proto-Finno-Permicjure—

via Finnish musta

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