Where does “mäentörmä” come from?
mäentörmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish Mäki, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.
mäentörmä (Finnish): A steep slope of a hill
Ancestry of “mäentörmä”, step by step
mäentörmä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Mäki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Mäki | Any of a number of small places in Finland |
| 2 | Finnish | -lä | Front vowel variant of -la |
| 3 | Finnish | -as | Forms some adjectives; Forms some nouns |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -s | Forms nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | -s | — |
via Finnish törmä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | törmä | A steep embankment of earth; A relatively high... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | termä | steep bank (edge of river or lake) |