Where does “mahtotapa” come from?
mahtotapa (Finnish) comes from Finnish mahto, from Finnish mahtaa, from Proto-Finnic mahtadak, from Proto-Finno-Ugric mašta-.
mahtotapa (Finnish): potential mood
Ancestry of “mahtotapa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mahto | possibility, chance |
| 2 | Finnish | mahtaa | must do, to probably; to be able to, can do;... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | mahtadak | — |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | mašta- | — |