Where does “muda” come from?

muda (Karelian) comes from Proto-Finnic muta, from Proto-Uralic muďa — earth.

muda (Karelian): mud

Definitions

  1. mud

Ancestry of “muda”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicmutamud
2Proto-Uralicmuďaearth
Every word from Proto-Uralic muďaEvery word from Proto-Finnic muta