Where does “Suomi-neito” come from?

Suomi-neito (Finnish) comes from Finnish suomi, from Proto-Finnic soomi — person from Southwest Finland.

Suomi-neito (Finnish): The Maiden of Finland, the national personification of Finland

Definitions

  1. The Maiden of Finland, the national personification of Finland

Ancestry of “Suomi-neito”, step by step

Suomi-neito traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish suomi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsuomiThe Finnish language; Third-person singular...
2Proto-Finnicsoomiperson from Southwest Finland

via Finnish neito

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishneitomaiden, maid; nigella
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