Where does “mutainen” come from?

mutainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish muta, from Proto-Finnic muta, from Proto-Uralic muďa — earth.

mutainen (Finnish): muddy

Definitions

  1. muddy

Ancestry of “mutainen”, step by step

mutainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish muta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmutamire, mud; decaying organic matter in the bottom...
2Proto-Finnicmutamud
3Proto-Uralicmuďaearth

via Finnish inen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishinen

Words derived from “mutainen

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