Where does “madaltaa” come from?
madaltaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish taa, from Finnish taka, from Proto-Finnic taka, from Proto-Uralic taka — a place behind.
madaltaa (Finnish): To lower; Third-person singular indicative...
Definitions
- To lower; Third-person singular indicative...
Ancestry of “madaltaa”, step by step
madaltaa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish taa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | taa | Of movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse |
| 2 | Finnish | taka | the backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | taka | back, a place behind |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | taka | a place behind |
via Finnish matala
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | matala | low; shallow |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | matala | low; shallow |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -la | locative suffix |
Words derived from “madaltaa”