Where does “mustuvapaju” come from?

mustuvapaju (Finnish) comes from Finnish paju, from Proto-Finnic paju, from Proto-Uralic pajiw — willow.

mustuvapaju (Finnish): dark-leaved willow

Definitions

  1. dark-leaved willow

Ancestry of “mustuvapaju”, step by step

mustuvapaju traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish paju

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpajuwillow
2Proto-Finnicpajuwillow
3Proto-Uralicpajiwwillow

via Finnish mustuva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmustuva—
Every word from Proto-Uralic pajiw →Every word from Proto-Finnic paju →Every word from Finnish paju →