Where does “jättömaa” come from?
jättömaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish jättö, from Finnish jättää, from Proto-Finnic jättädäk, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
jättömaa (Finnish): land left unused
Ancestry of “jättömaa”, step by step
jättömaa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish jättö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | jättö | leaving; delivery; filing |
| 2 | Finnish | jättää | to leave; to take, drop off, deliver; to submit |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | jättädäk | to leave |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
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 |
Words derived from “jättömaa”