Where does “maastonkohta” come from?
maastonkohta (Finnish) comes from Finnish maasto, from Finnish mää, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
maastonkohta (Finnish): terrain feature
Ancestry of “maastonkohta”, step by step
maastonkohta 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 kohta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kohta | presently, soon; place, location, spot; A... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kokta | place, location, spot |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | kopta | place |