Where does “mutaisuus” come from?

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

mutaisuus (Finnish): muddiness

Definitions

  1. muddiness

Ancestry of “mutaisuus”, step by step

mutaisuus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mutainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmutainenmuddy
2Finnishmutamire, mud; decaying organic matter in the bottom...
3Proto-Finnicmutamud
4Proto-Uralicmuďaearth

via Finnish uus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishuusAlternative form of uusi
Every word from Proto-Uralic muďa →Every word from Proto-Finnic muta →Every word from Finnish muta →