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

maavaikutusalus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish maavaikutus

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

via Finnish alus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishalusvessel, craft, ship; underlay, base; subject
2Finnishalaarea, field, domain; field, discipline; industry,...
3Proto-Finnicalalower; under
4Proto-Uralicëlabelow
Every word from Proto-Finnic -ucEvery word from Finnish -inenEvery word from Finnish -uus