Where does “Suomi-neito” come from?
Suomi-neito (Finnish) comes from Finnish suomi, from Proto-Finnic soomi.
Ancestry of “Suomi-neito”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | suomi | The Finnish language; Third-person singular... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | soomi | — |