Where does “maakannas” come from?
maakannas (Finnish) comes from Finnish kannas, from Finnish kanta, from Proto-Finnic kanta, from Proto-Finno-Ugric kanta.
maakannas (Finnish): land bridge
Ancestry of “maakannas”, step by step
maakannas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kannas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kannas | isthmus |
| 2 | Finnish | kanta | stem; position, opinion, point of view, account;... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kanta | heel |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | kanta | — |
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 |