Where does “nokimusta” come from?

nokimusta (Finnish) comes from Finnish noki, from Proto-Finnic noki — soot.

nokimusta (Finnish): carbon black

Definitions

  1. carbon black

Ancestry of “nokimusta”, step by step

nokimusta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish noki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnokisoot; Indicative present connegative form of...
2Proto-Finnicnokisoot

via Finnish musta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmustablack; black horse; Elative singular form of...
2Finnish-ntääFront vowel variant of -ntaa
Every word from Proto-Finnic noki →Every word from Finnish noki →