Where does “maapohja” come from?

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

maapohja (Finnish): the ground below or beneath (e.g. a building)

Definitions

  1. the ground below or beneath (e.g. a building)

Ancestry of “maapohja”, step by step

maapohja 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 pohja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpohjabottom; bed; fundament
2Proto-Finnicpohjabottom; base, foundation; north
3Proto-Finno-Permicpošja—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →