Where does “maastojuoksu” come from?
maastojuoksu (Finnish) comes from Finnish maasto, from Finnish mää, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
maastojuoksu (Finnish): cross country a running sport
Definitions
- cross country a running sport
Ancestry of “maastojuoksu”, step by step
maastojuoksu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish maasto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | maasto | terrain |
| 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 |
via Finnish juoksu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | juoksu | run; running; plate, wall plate |
| 2 | Finnish | juosta | to run; to flow |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | joostak | to run, to flow |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | jokse- | — |