Where does “kuutosmaa” come from?

kuutosmaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuutonen, from Finnish kuusi, from Proto-Finnic kuuci, from Proto-Uralic kutte — ridge; six.

kuutosmaa (Finnish): one of the original six EEC member countries: Belgium, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and West Germany

Definitions

  1. one of the original six EEC member countries: Belgium, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and West Germany

Ancestry of “kuutosmaa”, step by step

kuutosmaa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kuutonen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkuutonenA six
2Finnishkuusisix; spruce; Norway spruce, "Picea abies"
3Proto-Finnickuucisix
4Proto-Uralickutteridge; six

via Finnish mää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmääbaa; I
2Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
3Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
4Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
Every word from Proto-Uralic kutte →Every word from Proto-Finnic kuuci →Every word from Finnish kuusi →
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