Where does “mutasilmä” come from?

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

mutasilmä (Finnish): A dark-eyed person

Definitions

  1. A dark-eyed person

Ancestry of “mutasilmä”, step by step

mutasilmä 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 silmä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsilmäeye; mesh, opening in a mesh or net
2Proto-Finnicsilmäeye
3Proto-Uralicśilmäeye
Every word from Proto-Uralic muďa →Every word from Proto-Finnic muta →Every word from Finnish muta →