Where does “Mäkitalo” come from?

Mäkitalo (Finnish) comes from Finnish Mäki, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

Mäkitalo (Finnish): Any of a number of small places in Finland

Definitions

  1. Any of a number of small places in Finland

Ancestry of “Mäkitalo”, step by step

Mäkitalo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Mäki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishMäkiAny of a number of small places in Finland
2Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
3Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
4Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-s

via Finnish talo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtalohouse; building; farm, homestead
2Ludiantaloifarm; house
3Proto-Finnictalofarm, farmstead
4Proto-Baltictalˀa-
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -sEvery word from Finnish -läEvery word from Finnish Mäki