Where does “kantatila” come from?
kantatila (Finnish) comes from Finnish tila, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
Ancestry of “kantatila”, step by step
kantatila traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tila
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tila | state; condition; Short for maatila |
| 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 kanta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kanta | stem; position, opinion, point of view, account;... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kanta | heel |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | kanta | — |