Where does “maasusi” come from?
maasusi (Finnish) comes from Finnish mää, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
maasusi (Finnish): aardwolf
Ancestry of “maasusi”, step by step
maasusi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish mää
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mää | baa; I |
| 2 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 3 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |
via Finnish susi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | susi | grey wolf; dud |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | suci | wolf |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱwṓ | dog |