Where does “maalämpö” come from?
maalämpö (Finnish) comes from Finnish lämpö, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.
maalämpö (Finnish): geothermal heating
Ancestry of “maalämpö”, step by step
maalämpö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lämpö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lämpö | warmth, heat; heat; fever |
| 2 | Finnish | -o | Forms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -o | Forms action/result nouns from verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -w | — |
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 |
Words derived from “maalämpö”