Where does “maalevintäinen” come from?
maalevintäinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish levintä, from Finnish levitä, from Finnish -itä, from Proto-Finnic -it'ak — Forms verbs.
maalevintäinen (Finnish): soil borne
Ancestry of “maalevintäinen”, step by step
maalevintäinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish levintä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | levintä | dispersion |
| 2 | Finnish | levitä | to spread; to sprawl; to break down |
| 3 | Finnish | -itä | Front vowel variant of -ita |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -it'ak | Forms verbs |
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 |