Where does “maanpetos” come from?
maanpetos (Finnish) comes from Finnish petos, from Finnish pettää, from Proto-Finnic pettädäk, from Proto-Baltic spenˀstei.
maanpetos (Finnish): treason, treachery
Ancestry of “maanpetos”, step by step
maanpetos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish petos
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | petos | betrayal, treachery, treason; fraud |
| 2 | Finnish | pettää | to cheat, con, swindle, defraud; to deceive,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | pettädäk | to betray |
| 4 | Proto-Baltic | spenˀstei | — |
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 |
Words derived from “maanpetos”