Where does “maansuru” come from?
maansuru (Finnish) comes from Finnish suru, from Finnish surra, from Proto-Finnic surdak, from Finnish sure-.
maansuru (Finnish): national mourning
Ancestry of “maansuru”, step by step
maansuru traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish suru
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | suru | sorrow, grief, woe; Swedish Finn |
| 2 | Finnish | surra | To mourn, grieve |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | surdak | to die |
| 4 | Finnish | sure- | — |
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 |