Where does “mutavaris” come from?

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

mutavaris (Finnish): white-winged chough

Definitions

  1. white-winged chough

Ancestry of “mutavaris”, step by step

mutavaris 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 varis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvarishooded crow, grey crow, "Corvus cornix"; corvid,...
2Proto-Finnicvaris—
3Proto-Uralicwarᴈcrow
Every word from Proto-Uralic muďa →Every word from Proto-Finnic muta →Every word from Finnish muta →