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Where does “maasilta” come from?

maasilta (Finnish) comes from Finnish siltä, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

maasilta (Finnish): viaduct; Synonym of maakannas

Definitions

  1. viaduct; Synonym of maakannas

Ancestry of “maasilta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsiltäAblative singular form of se
2Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
3Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
4Proto-Finnic-s—
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →