Where does “maasuodattamo” come from?

maasuodattamo (Finnish) comes from Finnish suodattamo, from Finnish suodattaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

maasuodattamo (Finnish): soil filtration system for wastewater, sand filtration system for wastewater

Definitions

  1. soil filtration system for wastewater, sand filtration system for wastewater

Ancestry of “maasuodattamo”, step by step

maasuodattamo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish suodattamo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuodattamofiltering plant, filtering facility
2FinnishsuodattaaTo filter
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-

via Finnish mää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmääbaa; I
2Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
3Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
4Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttääEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak
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