Where does “ihmemaa” come from?

ihmemaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish mää, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

ihmemaa (Finnish): wonderland

Definitions

  1. wonderland

Ancestry of “ihmemaa”, step by step

ihmemaa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmääbaa; I
2Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
3Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
4Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish ihme

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishihmemiracle, wonder; strange, weird
2Proto-Finnicimehwonder, miracle
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →