Where does “maanmuokkaus” come from?
maanmuokkaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish mää, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
maanmuokkaus (Finnish): tillage act or process of soil disturbance as a part of farming
Definitions
- tillage act or process of soil disturbance as a part of farming
Ancestry of “maanmuokkaus”, step by step
maanmuokkaus 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 muokkaus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | muokkaus | working shaping, forming, improving material |
| 2 | Finnish | muokata | to work; to edit; to modify |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | mǫka | torment, torture; flour |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *mánkāˀ | — |
Words derived from “maanmuokkaus”