Where does “metsämaasto” come from?

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

metsämaasto (Finnish): forest terrain

Definitions

  1. forest terrain

Ancestry of “metsämaasto”, step by step

metsämaasto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish maasto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaastoterrain
2Finnishmääbaa; I
3Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
4Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
5Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish metsä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmetsäforest, woods; bush; hunting
2Proto-Finnic*meccä—
3Proto-Balticmedjas—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →