Where does “maattojohdin” come from?

maattojohdin (Finnish) comes from Finnish maatto, from Finnish maattaa, from Finnish mää, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

maattojohdin (Finnish): ground/earth conductor

Definitions

  1. ground/earth conductor

Ancestry of “maattojohdin”, step by step

maattojohdin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish maatto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaattogrounding
2Finnishmaattaato earth, ground
3Finnishmääbaa; I
4Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
5Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
6Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish johdin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjohdinconductor; derivational affix; duct
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
4Proto-Uralic-ma—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →