Where does “hautausmaa” come from?
hautausmaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish hautaus, from Finnish haudata, from Finnish hauta, from Proto-Germanic sauþaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂sewt- — to roil; to move about, roil, seethe.
hautausmaa (Finnish): A graveyard, cemetery
Ancestry of “hautausmaa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | hautaus | burial, entombment |
| 2 | Finnish | haudata | to bury, inter, entomb; to bury, abandon |
| 3 | Finnish | hauta | grave, tomb; trench; kiln, in the compound term... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | sauþaz | boiling; seething; wellspring; fountain; source;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂sewt- | to roil; to move about, roil, seethe |