Where does “maanuoliainen” come from?
maanuoliainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish nuoliainen, from Finnish -iäinen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
maanuoliainen (Finnish): low shot a shot that makes the ball travel fast on or close to the ground
Definitions
- low shot a shot that makes the ball travel fast on or close to the ground
Ancestry of “maanuoliainen”, step by step
maanuoliainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish nuoliainen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | nuoliainen | loach |
| 2 | Finnish | -iäinen | Front vowel variant of -iainen |
| 3 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 4 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |