Where does “muu” come from?

muu (Karelian) comes from Proto-Finnic muu, from Proto-Finno-Ugric mu.

muu (Karelian): other

Definitions

  1. other

Ancestry of “muu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicmuuother, another; different
2Proto-Finno-Ugricmu—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric mu →Every word from Proto-Finnic muu →
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