Where does “maanparannustyö” come from?
maanparannustyö (Finnish) comes from Finnish maanparannus, from Finnish parannus, from Finnish parantaa, from Finnish para, from Swedish bära, from Old Swedish bara, from Old Norse bára, from Proto-Germanic bazaz — to sally forth, barge, hurtle out; bare, barefoot.
maanparannustyö (Finnish): land improvement work
Definitions
- land improvement work
Ancestry of “maanparannustyö”, step by step
maanparannustyö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish maanparannus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | maanparannus | soil improvement |
| 2 | Finnish | parannus | improvement, enchantment, betterment; repentance;... |
| 3 | Finnish | parantaa | to improve, better; to heal, cure |
| 4 | Finnish | para | A being created to bring milk or butter to its... |
| 5 | Swedish | bära | to carry; to lift and transport anywhere else; to... |
| 6 | Old Swedish | bara | to bare, make bare |
| 7 | Old Norse | bára | wave, billow |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | bazaz | bare, naked |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰosós | bare, barefoot |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰos- | to sally forth, barge, hurtle out; bare, barefoot |