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Where does “maavaikutusalus” come from?

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

maavaikutusalus (Finnish): ground-effect vehicle, ekranoplan

Definitions

  1. ground-effect vehicle, ekranoplan

Ancestry of “maavaikutusalus”, step by step

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