Where does “mineraalimaa” come from?

mineraalimaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish mineraali, from Swedish mineral, from Latin minerale, from Latin mineria.

mineraalimaa (Finnish): mineral soil

Definitions

  1. mineral soil

Ancestry of “mineraalimaa”, step by step

mineraalimaa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mineraali

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmineraalimineral
2Swedishmineralmineral
3Latinmineralemineral, ore, mine; nominative neuter singular of...
4Latinmineria—

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
Every word from Latin mineria →Every word from Latin minerale →Every word from Swedish mineral →