Where does “maakuntajako” come from?
maakuntajako (Finnish) comes from Finnish maakunta, from Finnish mää, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
maakuntajako (Finnish): division into regions
Ancestry of “maakuntajako”, step by step
maakuntajako traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish maakunta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | maakunta | county, province, region |
| 2 | Finnish | mää | baa; I |
| 3 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 4 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |
via Finnish jako
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | jako | division, distribution, sharing, dealing; share,... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | jako | share, part |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -o | Forms action/result nouns from verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -w | — |