Where does “mätästys” come from?

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

mätästys (Finnish): mounding digging up tussocks and placing them upside down in holes

Definitions

  1. mounding digging up tussocks and placing them upside down in holes

Ancestry of “mätästys”, 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

Words derived from “mätästys

Every word from Proto-Uralic mäkteEvery word from Proto-Finnic mät'äsEvery word from Finnish mätäs