Where does “maanrako” come from?

maanrako (Finnish) comes from Finnish mää, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

maanrako (Finnish): crack in the ground, crevasse

Definitions

  1. crack in the ground, crevasse

Ancestry of “maanrako”, step by step

maanrako traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via Finnish rako

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrakoslit, slot; crack; chink
2Proto-Finnicrakocrack
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →