Where does “muinaisvenäjä” come from?

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

muinaisvenäjä (Finnish): Old East Slavic, Old Russian

Definitions

  1. Old East Slavic, Old Russian

Ancestry of “muinaisvenäjä”, step by step

muinaisvenäjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish muinainen

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

via Finnish venäjä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishvenäjäRussian
2FinnishvenätA Russian
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →