Where does “maaseutulehti” come from?

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

maaseutulehti (Finnish): rural newspaper, provincial newspaper

Definitions

  1. rural newspaper, provincial newspaper

Ancestry of “maaseutulehti”, step by step

maaseutulehti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish maaseutu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaaseutucountryside
2Finnishmääbaa; I
3Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
4Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
5Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish Lehti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLehtileaf part of a plant
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*lehti—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →