Where does “kohdemaa” come from?
kohdemaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish kohde, from Finnish kohdata, from Finnish -ta, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.
kohdemaa (Finnish): destination country, target country
Definitions
- destination country, target country
Ancestry of “kohdemaa”, step by step
kohdemaa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kohde
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kohde | target; bogey; attraction, sight |
| 2 | Finnish | kohdata | to meet with, encounter; to undergo, experience,... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ta | A suffix for the partitive singular case; Forms... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ta | Partitive ending |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -tä | from |
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 |