Where does “maaltamuutto” come from?

maaltamuutto (Finnish) comes from Finnish mää, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

maaltamuutto (Finnish): rural flight, moving from the countryside to towns or cities

Definitions

  1. rural flight, moving from the countryside to towns or cities

Ancestry of “maaltamuutto”, step by step

maaltamuutto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmääbaa; I
2Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
3Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
4Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish muutto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmuuttomove, relocation; migration
2Finnishmuuttaato modify, change, alter; to transform,...
3Finnish-elläFront vowel variant of -ella
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →