Where does “mutakuoppa” come from?

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

mutakuoppa (Finnish): mud pit, mud hole

Definitions

  1. mud pit, mud hole

Ancestry of “mutakuoppa”, step by step

mutakuoppa 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 kuoppa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuoppapit; pothole
2Proto-Finnickooppapit
Every word from Proto-Uralic muďa →Every word from Proto-Finnic muta →Every word from Finnish muta →