Where does “maasalama” come from?

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

maasalama (Finnish): cloud-to-ground lightning strike

Definitions

  1. cloud-to-ground lightning strike

Ancestry of “maasalama”, step by step

maasalama 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 Salama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishSalamalightning, bolt
2Proto-Finnicsalamalightning
3Proto-Uralicśalaelm
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →