Where does “maatalo” come from?
maatalo (Finnish) comes from Finnish talo, from Ludian taloi, from Proto-Finnic talo, from Proto-Baltic talˀa-.
maatalo (Finnish): farmhouse
Ancestry of “maatalo”, step by step
maatalo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish talo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | talo | house; building; farm, homestead |
| 2 | Ludian | taloi | farm; house |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | talo | farm, farmstead |
| 4 | Proto-Baltic | talˀa- | — |
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 |