Where does “hiesumaa” come from?
hiesumaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish mää, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
hiesumaa (Finnish): silty soil
Definitions
- silty soil
Ancestry of “hiesumaa”, step by step
hiesumaa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish mää
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mää | baa; I |
| 2 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 3 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |
via Finnish hiesu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hiesu | silt mineral soil with dominating particle size from 2 μm to 20 μm |