Where does “sinimuna” come from?

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

sinimuna (Ingrian): stone of laundry blue

Definitions

  1. stone of laundry blue

Ancestry of “sinimuna”, step by step

sinimuna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian muna

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

via Ingrian sini

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingriansinilaundry blue, bluing
Every word from Proto-Uralic müŋäEvery word from Proto-Finnic munaEvery word from Ingrian muna