Where does “munapesä” come from?

munapesä (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian muna, from Proto-Finnic muna, from Proto-Uralic müŋä — rear, beyond; space behind something.

munapesä (Ingrian): cluster of potatoes and their roots

Definitions

  1. cluster of potatoes and their roots

Ancestry of “munapesä”, step by step

munapesä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian muna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianmunaegg
2Proto-Finnicmunaegg
3Proto-Uralicmüŋärear, beyond; space behind something

via Ingrian pesä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianpesänest
Every word from Proto-Uralic müŋä →Every word from Proto-Finnic muna →Every word from Ingrian muna →