Where does “maantienoja” come from?

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

maantienoja (Finnish): roadside ditch, a ditch on the side of a public road

Definitions

  1. roadside ditch, a ditch on the side of a public road

Ancestry of “maantienoja”, step by step

maantienoja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish maantie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaantiehighway, public road
2Finnishmääbaa; I
3Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
4Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
5Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish oja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishojaditch, trench; small natural brook
2Proto-Slavicojethill, shaft
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂oyHsos—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →