Where does “pohjamuta” come from?

pohjamuta (Finnish) comes from Finnish muta, from Proto-Finnic muta, from Proto-Uralic muďa — earth.

pohjamuta (Finnish): the mud or silt at the bottom of a body of water

Definitions

  1. the mud or silt at the bottom of a body of water

Ancestry of “pohjamuta”, step by step

pohjamuta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish muta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmutamire, mud; decaying organic matter in the bottom...
2Proto-Finnicmutamud
3Proto-Uralicmuďaearth

via Finnish pohja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpohjabottom; bed; fundament
2Proto-Finnicpohjabottom; base, foundation; north
3Proto-Finno-Permicpošja—
Every word from Proto-Uralic muďa →Every word from Proto-Finnic muta →Every word from Finnish muta →