Where does “hietamoreenimaa” come from?
hietamoreenimaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish hieta, from Ingrian hiki, from Finnish -stua, from Finnish -staa, from Finnish saalistaa, from Finnish taa, from Finnish taka, from Proto-Finnic taka — a place behind.
hietamoreenimaa (Finnish): moraine soil with fine sand
Definitions
- moraine soil with fine sand
Ancestry of “hietamoreenimaa”, step by step
hietamoreenimaa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish hieta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hieta | silt, fine sand |
| 2 | Ingrian | hiki | sweat |
| 3 | Finnish | -stua | Forms translative verbs |
| 4 | Finnish | -staa | Forms captative verbs, i.e. verbs for hunting or... |
| 5 | Finnish | saalistaa | to prey, hunt |
| 6 | Finnish | taa | Of movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse |
| 7 | Finnish | taka | the backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"... |
| 8 | Proto-Finnic | taka | back, a place behind |
| 9 | Proto-Uralic | taka | a place behind |
via Finnish moreenimaa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | moreenimaa | moraine soil |
| 2 | Finnish | moreeni | moraine, till glacial drift consisting of a mixture of clay, sand, pebbles and boulders |
| 3 | French | moraine | moraine |
| 4 | Italian | morena | moraine, glacial till, drift |
| 5 | Latin | mūrus | wall, city wall(s), (usually of a city, as opposed to pariēs) |
| 6 | Old Latin | moerus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mēy- | soft, tender, dear |