Where does “maustamaton” come from?
maustamaton (Finnish) comes from Finnish maustaa, from Finnish maku, from Proto-Finnic maku, from Proto-Germanic smakkuz, from Proto-Indo-European smegʰ-.
maustamaton (Finnish): unflavored, natural, unspiced; Negative...
Definitions
- unflavored, natural, unspiced; Negative...
Ancestry of “maustamaton”, step by step
maustamaton traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish maustaa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | maustaa | To season; To spice; To flavour/flavor |
| 2 | Finnish | maku | taste, flavor; sense of taste; flavor of a quark... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | maku | taste, flavour |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | smakkuz | taste, savour, smatch, flavour |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | smegʰ- | — |
via Finnish maton
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | maton | Genitive singular form of matto |