Where does “määintä” come from?

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

määintä (Finnish): bleating

Definitions

  1. bleating

Ancestry of “määintä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmääkiäto bleat, to baa
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 →