Where does “kesantomaa” come from?
kesantomaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish kesanto, from Finnish -ntö, from Finnish -mö, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.
kesantomaa (Finnish): fallow land
Ancestry of “kesantomaa”, step by step
kesantomaa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kesanto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kesanto | fallow |
| 2 | Finnish | -ntö | — |
| 3 | Finnish | -mö | Front vowel variant of -mo |
| 4 | Finnish | -i | A nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -j | oblique plural |
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 |