Where does “madaltuminen” come from?
madaltuminen (Finnish) comes from Finnish madaltua, from Finnish madaltaa, from Finnish taa, from Finnish taka, from Proto-Finnic taka, from Proto-Uralic taka — a place behind.
Ancestry of “madaltuminen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | madaltua | To become lower; To become shallower |
| 2 | Finnish | madaltaa | To lower; Third-person singular indicative... |
| 3 | Finnish | taa | Of movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse |
| 4 | Finnish | taka | the backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | taka | back, a place behind |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | taka | a place behind |