Where does “maaseurakunta” come from?

maaseurakunta (Finnish) comes from Finnish seurakunta, from Finnish kunta, from Proto-Finnic kunta, from Proto-Finno-Ugric kunta.

maaseurakunta (Finnish): rural parish

Definitions

  1. rural parish

Ancestry of “maaseurakunta”, step by step

maaseurakunta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish seurakunta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishseurakuntaA parish; A congregation, parish; Any group of...
2Finnishkuntamunicipality, commune; local political division;...
3Proto-Finnickuntacommunity; group of people
4Proto-Finno-Ugrickunta

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
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