Where does “lähimaasto” come from?

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

lähimaasto (Finnish): nearby terrain

Definitions

  1. nearby terrain

Ancestry of “lähimaasto”, step by step

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