Where does “maukkaus” come from?

maukkaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish maukas, from Finnish -kas, from Proto-Finnic -k'as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

Ancestry of “maukkaus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaukastasty
2Finnish-kas-y, -ful; a suffix that can be used to turn many,...
3Proto-Finnic-k'asForms adjectives from nouns, indicating a...
4Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Proto-Finnic -s →Every word from Finnish -kas →