Where does “mutkailla” come from?

mutkailla (Finnish) comes from Finnish mutka, from Proto-Finnic mutka, from Proto-Uralic mučka.

mutkailla (Finnish): to yaw turn back and forth about the vertical axis

Definitions

  1. to yaw turn back and forth about the vertical axis

Ancestry of “mutkailla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmutkabend, curve, corner; elbow; bight
2Proto-Finnicmutkabend, curve
3Proto-Uralicmučka—
Every word from Proto-Uralic mučka →Every word from Proto-Finnic mutka →Every word from Finnish mutka →