Where does “mykkyys” come from?

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

mykkyys (Finnish): muteness

Definitions

  1. muteness

Ancestry of “mykkyys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmykkämute
2Proto-Finnicmükkämute, dumb
3Finnishmutkabend, curve, corner; elbow; bight
4Proto-Finnicmutkabend, curve
5Proto-Uralicmučka—
Every word from Proto-Uralic mučka →Every word from Proto-Finnic mutka →Every word from Finnish mutka →
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