Where does “katumaasturi” come from?

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

katumaasturi (Finnish): a sport utility vehicle, SUV

Definitions

  1. a sport utility vehicle, SUV

Ancestry of “katumaasturi”, step by step

katumaasturi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish maasturi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmaasturiSynonym of maastoauto
2Finnishmaastoterrain
3Finnishmääbaa; I
4Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
5Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
6Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish katu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkatustreet
2Old Swedishgatastreet, road
3Old Norsegátariddle
4Proto-Germanicgatwǭstreet, passage
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰodweh₂—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →