Where does “sittamytty” come from?
sittamytty (Ingrian) comes from Finnish mytty, from Finnish mutta, from Finnish muu, from Proto-Finnic muu, from Proto-Finno-Ugric mu.
sittamytty (Ingrian): dung heap
Ancestry of “sittamytty”, step by step
sittamytty traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish mytty
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mytty | bundle |
| 2 | Finnish | mutta | but; ifs, ands, or buts; in a negative phrase,... |
| 3 | Finnish | muu | other, another; the others; else |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | muu | other, another; different |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | mu | — |
via Ingrian sitta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ingrian | sitta | feces, excrement |
| 2 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *sitta | — |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | sitta | shit |