Where does “maataideteos” come from?

maataideteos (Finnish) comes from Finnish taideteos, from Finnish teos, from Finnish tehdä, from Proto-Finnic tektäk, from Proto-Uralic teke-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

maataideteos (Finnish): land artwork

Definitions

  1. land artwork

Ancestry of “maataideteos”, step by step

maataideteos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish taideteos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtaideteosartwork, work of art
2Finnishteoswork; oeuvre, opus
3Finnishtehdäto do, perform, execute; to make, manufacture; to...
4Proto-Finnictektäkto do; to make
5Proto-Uralicteke-to do; to put, to place
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

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-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Uralic teke- →Every word from Proto-Finnic tektäk →