Where does “mustankarvainen” come from?

mustankarvainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish karvainen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

mustankarvainen (Finnish): black-colored, blackish

Definitions

  1. black-colored, blackish

Ancestry of “mustankarvainen”, step by step

mustankarvainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish karvainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkarvainenhairy, furry, hirsute
2Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
3Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
4Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish musta

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