Where does “katsomustapa” come from?

katsomustapa (Finnish) comes from Finnish katsomus, from Finnish -mus, from Finnish -ma, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

katsomustapa (Finnish): outlook attitude or point of view

Definitions

  1. outlook attitude or point of view

Ancestry of “katsomustapa”, step by step

katsomustapa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish katsomus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkatsomusbeliefs, tenet, philosophy
2Finnish-musForms nouns from verbs. Variant of -us used with...
3Finnish-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; The suffix...
4Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
5Proto-Uralic-ma

via Finnish tapa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtapacustom; habit; manner
2Proto-Finnictapaway, custom; nature
Every word from Proto-Uralic -maEvery word from Proto-Finnic -maEvery word from Finnish -mus