Where does “mätästyä” come from?

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

mätästyä (Finnish): to become tussocky

Definitions

  1. to become tussocky

Ancestry of “mätästyä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmätästääto mound, perform mounding (in/on) dig up tussocks and place them upside down in holes in the ground
2FinnishmätäsA tussock; Second-person singular imperative...
3Proto-Finnicmät'ästussock
4Proto-Uralicmäktetussock
Every word from Proto-Uralic mäkte →Every word from Proto-Finnic mät'äs →Every word from Finnish mätäs →