Where does “Liikamaa” come from?

Liikamaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish mää, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

Liikamaa (Finnish): land taken by the government in the Great Partition (isojako)

Definitions

  1. land taken by the government in the Great Partition (isojako)

Ancestry of “Liikamaa”, step by step

Liikamaa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmääbaa; I
2Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
3Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
4Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish liika

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishliikaexcess; excessively
2Proto-Finnicliikaexcess
3Proto-Indo-Europeanleykʷ-to leave
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →