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