Where does “mansikkamaa” come from?

mansikkamaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish mää, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

mansikkamaa (Finnish): strawberry field, strawberry bed

Definitions

  1. strawberry field, strawberry bed

Ancestry of “mansikkamaa”, step by step

mansikkamaa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmääbaa; I
2Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
3Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
4Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish mansikka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmansikkastrawberry
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*mancikka—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →
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