Where does “Mäkelä” come from?
Mäkelä (Finnish) comes from Finnish Mäki, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.
Mäkelä (Finnish): Any of a number of small places in Finland
Definitions
- Any of a number of small places in Finland
Ancestry of “Mäkelä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | Mäki | Any of a number of small places in Finland |
| 2 | Finnish | -lä | Front vowel variant of -la |
| 3 | Finnish | -as | Forms some adjectives; Forms some nouns |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -s | Forms nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | -s | — |
Words derived from “Mäkelä”