Where does “muhto” come from?

muhto (Northern Sami) comes from Finnish mutta, from Finnish muu, from Proto-Finnic muu, from Proto-Finno-Ugric mu.

muhto (Northern Sami): but, however

Definitions

  1. but, however

Ancestry of “muhto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmuttabut; ifs, ands, or buts; in a negative phrase,...
2Finnishmuuother, another; the others; else
3Proto-Finnicmuuother, another; different
4Proto-Finno-Ugricmu—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric mu →Every word from Proto-Finnic muu →Every word from Finnish muu →