Where does “maattomuus” come from?

maattomuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish maaton, from Finnish mää, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

maattomuus (Finnish): landlessness

Definitions

  1. landlessness

Ancestry of “maattomuus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaatonlandless; Genitive singular form of maatto
2Finnishmääbaa; I
3Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
4Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
5Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →