Where does “maanläheinen” come from?
maanläheinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish mää, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
maanläheinen (Finnish): down-to-earth
Ancestry of “maanläheinen”, step by step
maanläheinen 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 läheinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | läheinen | close, near, adjacent; close, intimate, familiar;... |
| 2 | Finnish | lähi- | near, close |
| 3 | Finnish | lähe- | — |