Where does “mätästää” come from?

mätästää (Finnish) comes from Finnish mätäs, from Proto-Finnic mät'äs, from Proto-Uralic mäkte — tussock.

mätästää (Finnish): to mound, perform mounding (in/on) dig up tussocks and place them upside down in holes in the ground

Definitions

  1. to mound, perform mounding (in/on) dig up tussocks and place them upside down in holes in the ground

Ancestry of “mätästää”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmätäsA tussock; Second-person singular imperative...
2Proto-Finnicmät'ästussock
3Proto-Uralicmäktetussock

Words derived from “mätästää”

Every word from Proto-Uralic mäkte →Every word from Proto-Finnic mät'äs →Every word from Finnish mätäs →