Where does “maaseutuelinkeino” come from?
maaseutuelinkeino (Finnish) comes from Finnish elinkeino, from Finnish elin-, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.
maaseutuelinkeino (Finnish): farming as a livelihood
Ancestry of “maaseutuelinkeino”, step by step
maaseutuelinkeino traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish elinkeino
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | elinkeino | livelihood, living; trade, business |
| 2 | Finnish | elin- | living, life |
| 3 | Finnish | -in | Suffix variant for the illative singular, see... |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *-in | — |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |
via Finnish maaseutu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | maaseutu | countryside |
| 2 | Finnish | mää | baa; I |
| 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 |