Where does “maayökkönen” come from?
maayökkönen (Finnish) comes from Finnish yökkönen, from Finnish -nen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
maayökkönen (Finnish): any moth in the subfamily Noctuinae
Definitions
- any moth in the subfamily Noctuinae
Ancestry of “maayökkönen”, step by step
maayökkönen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish yökkönen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | yökkönen | owlet moth, noctuid |
| 2 | Finnish | -nen | Forms diminutives nouns or terms expressing... |
| 3 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 4 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |
via Finnish mää
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mää | baa; I |
| 2 | Finnish | minä | I; ego; self |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | minä | I, me |
| 4 | Uralic | *minä | — |