Where does “mykkä” come from?

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

mykkä (Finnish): mute

Definitions

  1. mute

Ancestry of “mykkä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicmükkämute, dumb
2Finnishmutkabend, curve, corner; elbow; bight
3Proto-Finnicmutkabend, curve
4Proto-Uralicmučka

Words derived from “mykkä

Every word from Proto-Uralic mučkaEvery word from Proto-Finnic mutkaEvery word from Finnish mutka
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