Where does “maata” come from?

maata (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic magat'ak — to lie down, to sleep.

maata (Finnish): to lie down, lie; to have sex; to lay, to have...

Definitions

  1. to lie down, lie; to have sex; to lay, to have...

Ancestry of “maata”, step by step

maata traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Finnic magat'ak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicmagat'akto lie down, to sleep

via Kankanaey ata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kankanaeyatagreen

Words derived from “maata”

Every word from Proto-Finnic magat'ak →