Where does “mäentöyräs” come from?

mäentöyräs (Finnish) comes from Finnish Mäki, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

mäentöyräs (Finnish): hillside, embankment

Definitions

  1. hillside, embankment

Ancestry of “mäentöyräs”, step by step

mäentöyräs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Mäki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishMäkiAny of a number of small places in Finland
2Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
3Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
4Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish töyräs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtöyräsbank, embankment
2FinnishteurasAn animal to be slaughtered
3Proto-Germanicþeurazbull
4Proto-Indo-Europeantáwroswild bull, aurochs
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish Mäki →