Where does “maanvajoama” come from?
maanvajoama (Finnish) comes from Finnish mää, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
maanvajoama (Finnish): ground subsidence
Ancestry of “maanvajoama”, step by step
maanvajoama traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via Finnish vajoama
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vajoama | depression |
| 2 | Finnish | vajota | to sink; to descend, sink |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | vajot'ak | to sink, descend (usually into something thicker than water) |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | wajo- | — |