Where does “möhä” come from?

möhä (Veps) comes from Proto-Finnic mööhä, from Proto-Finnic möö, from Proto-Uralic müŋä — rear, beyond; space behind something.

möhä (Veps): late

Definitions

  1. late

Ancestry of “möhä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicmööhälate
2Proto-FinnicmööAlternative form of *mek
3Proto-Uralicmüŋärear, beyond; space behind something
Every word from Proto-Uralic müŋä →Every word from Proto-Finnic möö →Every word from Proto-Finnic mööhä →
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