Where does “sysimusta” come from?

sysimusta (Finnish) comes from Finnish sysi, from Proto-Finnic süci, from Proto-Uralic śüde — coal.

sysimusta (Finnish): pitch black

Definitions

  1. pitch black

Ancestry of “sysimusta”, step by step

sysimusta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sysi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsysipiece of charcoal; charcoal; Third-person...
2Proto-Finnicsücicoal, charcoal
3Proto-Uralicśüdecoal

via Finnish musta

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