Where does “itämaat” come from?
itämaat (Finnish) comes from Finnish mää, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
itämaat (Finnish): East, Orient
Ancestry of “itämaat”, step by step
itämaat 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 itä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | itä | east; east, eastern; East, the Orient |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | itä | east |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | itä- | to appear |
Words derived from “itämaat”