Where does “määkiä” come from?

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

määkiä (Finnish): to bleat, to baa

Definitions

  1. to bleat, to baa

Ancestry of “määkiä”, step by step

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

Words derived from “määkiä”

Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →