Where does “mussu” come from?

mussu (Sicilian) comes from Finnish muru, from Finnish murtaa, from Proto-Finnic murtadak, from Proto-Uralic mura- — break.

mussu (Sicilian): snout, muzzle; face; lip

Definitions

  1. snout, muzzle; face; lip

Ancestry of “mussu”, step by step

mussu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish muru

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmuruA crumb; A very small amount of something, a jot,...
2Finnishmurtaato break; Of a bone, to cause to crack under...
3Proto-Finnicmurtadakto break
4Proto-Uralicmura-break

via Latin musus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmusus—
Every word from Proto-Uralic mura- →Every word from Proto-Finnic murtadak →Every word from Finnish murtaa →