Where does “maanmyötäinen” come from?

maanmyötäinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish myötäinen, from Finnish myötä, from Finnish -ta, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.

maanmyötäinen (Finnish): along the ground, following the ground; prostate, procumbent

Definitions

  1. along the ground, following the ground; prostate, procumbent

Ancestry of “maanmyötäinen”, step by step

maanmyötäinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish myötäinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmyötäinenfair, following
2Finnishmyötäfor; along
3Finnish-taA suffix for the partitive singular case; Forms...
4Proto-Finnic-taPartitive ending
5Proto-Uralic-täfrom

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
Every word from Proto-Uralic -tä →Every word from Finnish -ta →Every word from Finnish myötä →