Where does “mutasarja” come from?

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

mutasarja (Finnish): lowest league, bottom league

Definitions

  1. lowest league, bottom league

Ancestry of “mutasarja”, step by step

mutasarja 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 sarja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsarjaseries; chain, sequence, succession, train; set
2Proto-Finnicsarjarow of laths or battens; a board made of laths
3Proto-Finno-Permicśarjalath, batten, bar
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