Where does “mustekynä” come from?

mustekynä (Finnish) comes from Finnish kynä, from Proto-Finnic künä, from Proto-Finno-Permic küńä.

mustekynä (Finnish): fountain pen, ink pen

Definitions

  1. fountain pen, ink pen

Ancestry of “mustekynä”, step by step

mustekynä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kynä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkynäpencil; pen; quill, hollow shaft
2Proto-Finnickünätrough
3Proto-Finno-Permicküńä—

via Finnish muste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmusteink
2Finnishmustablack; black horse; Elative singular form of...
3Finnish-ntääFront vowel variant of -ntaa
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic küńä →Every word from Proto-Finnic künä →Every word from Finnish kynä →