Where does “maatamo” come from?
maatamo (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuutamo, from Finnish Kuu, from Finnish kuusi, from Proto-Finnic kuuci, from Proto-Uralic kutte — ridge; six.
maatamo (Finnish): Earthshine
Ancestry of “maatamo”, step by step
maatamo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kuutamo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kuutamo | moonlight, moonshine |
| 2 | Finnish | Kuu | The Moon the satellite of the Earth |
| 3 | Finnish | kuusi | six; spruce; Norway spruce, "Picea abies" |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | kuuci | six |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | kutte | ridge; six |
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 |