Where does “mustalipeä” come from?

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

mustalipeä (Finnish): black liquor kind of waste product of pulp production

Definitions

  1. black liquor kind of waste product of pulp production

Ancestry of “mustalipeä”, step by step

mustalipeä 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 lipeä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlipeälye; slippery
2Proto-Finniclipedaslippery
Every word from Finnish -ntää →Every word from Finnish musta →