Where does “maataiteilija” come from?

maataiteilija (Finnish) comes from Finnish taiteilija, from Finnish taiteilla, from Finnish taide, from Finnish taitaa, from Proto-Finnic taitadak, from Proto-Finnic taje-.

maataiteilija (Finnish): land artist

Definitions

  1. land artist

Ancestry of “maataiteilija”, step by step

maataiteilija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish taiteilija

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtaiteilijaartist
2FinnishtaiteillaTo do something that demonstrates high skill,...
3Finnishtaideart
4Finnishtaitaato know, master, command, have a command of, have...
5Proto-Finnictaitadakto know
6Proto-Finnictaje-—

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-Finnic taje- →Every word from Proto-Finnic taitadak →Every word from Finnish taitaa →
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