Where does “mustesivellin” come from?
mustesivellin (Finnish) comes from Finnish sivellin, from Finnish sivellä, from Finnish -ella, from Proto-Finnic -eldak, from Proto-Uralic -le-.
mustesivellin (Finnish): inkbrush
Ancestry of “mustesivellin”, step by step
mustesivellin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish sivellin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sivellin | paintbrush |
| 2 | Finnish | sivellä | to paint; to spread; to stroke |
| 3 | Finnish | -ella | Forms . The resulting verb often describes a more... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -eldak | Forms frequentative verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -le- | — |
via Finnish muste
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | muste | ink |
| 2 | Finnish | musta | black; black horse; Elative singular form of... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ntää | Front vowel variant of -ntaa |