Where does “maa-alkalimetalli” come from?
maa-alkalimetalli (Finnish) comes from Finnish alkalimetalli, from Finnish metalli, from Swedish metall, from Latin metallum, from Ancient Greek μέταλλον, from Ancient Greek μέταλλευειν — to mine, quarry.
maa-alkalimetalli (Finnish): alkaline earth metal
Ancestry of “maa-alkalimetalli”, step by step