Where does “maakaari” come from?

maakaari (Finnish) comes from Finnish mää, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

maakaari (Finnish): land code legal code dealing with land and land ownership

Definitions

  1. land code legal code dealing with land and land ownership

Ancestry of “maakaari”, step by step

maakaari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmääbaa; I
2Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
3Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
4Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish kaari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaaricurve; bow; arch
2Proto-Finnickaaricurve
3Proto-Uralickëŋerecurved thing
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →
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