Where does “maatilkku” come from?
maatilkku (Finnish) comes from Finnish mää, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
maatilkku (Finnish): patch of land
Ancestry of “maatilkku”, step by step
maatilkku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via Finnish tilkku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tilkku | A piece of textile; patch, clout, swatch |
| 2 | Ingrian | -u | Used to form nouns from verbs |