Where does “maakumpu” come from?
maakumpu (Finnish) comes from Finnish mää, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
maakumpu (Finnish): A mound of earth
Ancestry of “maakumpu”, step by step
maakumpu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via Finnish kumpu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kumpu | A hummock, hillock; A mound |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kumpu | hillock, knoll |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | kumpa | wave |