Where does “mahto” come from?

mahto (Finnish) comes from Finnish mahtaa, from Proto-Finnic mahtadak, from Proto-Finno-Ugric mašta-.

mahto (Finnish): possibility, chance

Definitions

  1. possibility, chance

Ancestry of “mahto”, step by step

mahto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mahtaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmahtaamust do, to probably; to be able to, can do;...
2Proto-Finnicmahtadakto be able to, can
3Proto-Finno-Ugricmašta-—

via Finnish o

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisho—

Words derived from “mahto”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric mašta- →Every word from Proto-Finnic mahtadak →Every word from Finnish mahtaa →