Where does “louhostila” come from?

louhostila (Finnish) comes from Finnish tila, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

louhostila (Finnish): quarry excavation; a mined space in a quarry

Definitions

  1. quarry excavation; a mined space in a quarry

Ancestry of “louhostila”, step by step

louhostila traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tila

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtilastate; condition; Short for maatila
2Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
3Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
4Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish louhos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlouhosquarry
2Finnishlouhiato mine; to quarry; to blast
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →