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Where does “mutkistua” come from?

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

mutkistua (Finnish): to bend; to become more complicated

Definitions

  1. to bend; to become more complicated

Ancestry of “mutkistua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmutkistaato complicate; Third-person singular indicative...
2Finnishmutkabend, curve, corner; elbow; bight
3Proto-Finnicmutka—
4Proto-Uralicmučka—
Every word from Proto-Uralic mučka →