Where does “mahtomuoto” come from?

mahtomuoto (Finnish) comes from Finnish muoto, from Proto-Finnic mooto, from Proto-Germanic mōtą, from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- — to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

mahtomuoto (Finnish): potential (mood), potential form of a verb

Definitions

  1. potential (mood), potential form of a verb

Ancestry of “mahtomuoto”, step by step

mahtomuoto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish muoto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmuotoshape; form; format
2Proto-Finnicmootoshape, form; appearance; manner, way
3Proto-Germanicmōtąmeeting
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂d-to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

via Finnish mahto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmahtopossibility, chance
2Finnishmahtaamust do, to probably; to be able to, can do;...
3Proto-Finnicmahtadakto be able to, can
4Proto-Finno-Ugricmašta-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtą →Every word from Proto-Finnic mooto →