Where does “mutta” come from?

mutta (Finnish) comes from Finnish muu, from Proto-Finnic muu, from Proto-Finno-Ugric mu.

mutta (Finnish): but; ifs, ands, or buts; in a negative phrase,...

Definitions

  1. but; ifs, ands, or buts; in a negative phrase,...

Ancestry of “mutta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmuuother, another; the others; else
2Proto-Finnicmuuother, another; different
3Proto-Finno-Ugricmu—

Words derived from “mutta”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric mu →Every word from Proto-Finnic muu →Every word from Finnish muu →