Where does “maahansyöksy” come from?
maahansyöksy (Finnish) comes from Finnish syöksy, from Finnish syöstä, from Proto-Finnic sööstäk, from Proto-Finnic -stak.
maahansyöksy (Finnish): the act of a plane crashing into the ground; flight into terrain
Definitions
- the act of a plane crashing into the ground; flight into terrain
Ancestry of “maahansyöksy”, step by step
maahansyöksy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish syöksy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | syöksy | rush, swoop; dive; ejection |
| 2 | Finnish | syöstä | to throw, plunge; to spew out, belch |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | sööstäk | to push in, to plunge into; to spew, to boil over |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -stak | — |
via Finnish mää
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mää | baa; I |
| 2 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 3 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |