Where does “jalkamuna” come from?
jalkamuna (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian jalka, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
jalkamuna (Ingrian): malleolus
Ancestry of “jalkamuna”, step by step
jalkamuna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ingrian jalka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ingrian | jalka | leg |
| 2 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Ingrian muna
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ingrian | muna | egg |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | muna | egg |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | müŋä | rear, beyond; space behind something |