Where does “mätas” come from?

mätas (Estonian) comes from Proto-Finnic mät'äs, from Proto-Uralic mäkte — tussock.

mätas (Estonian): sod, clod, turf

Definitions

  1. sod, clod, turf

Ancestry of “mätas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicmät'ästussock
2Proto-Uralicmäktetussock
Every word from Proto-Uralic mäkte →Every word from Proto-Finnic mät'äs →