Where does “mükkä” come from?

mükkä (Proto-Finnic) comes from Finnish mutka, from Proto-Finnic mutka, from Proto-Uralic mučka.

mükkä (Proto-Finnic): mute, dumb

Definitions

  1. mute, dumb

Ancestry of “mükkä”, step by step

mükkä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mutka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmutkabend, curve, corner; elbow; bight
2Proto-Finnicmutkabend, curve
3Proto-Uralicmučka—

via Proto-Finnic muka-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicmuka-along
2Proto-Uralicmukaback

Words derived from “mükkä”

Every word from Proto-Uralic mučka →Every word from Proto-Finnic mutka →Every word from Finnish mutka →