Where does “muunmaalainen” come from?
muunmaalainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish mää, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
muunmaalainen (Finnish): a person from another country
Definitions
- a person from another country
Ancestry of “muunmaalainen”, step by step
muunmaalainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish mää
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mää | baa; I |
| 2 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 3 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |
via Finnish muu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | muu | other, another; the others; else |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | muu | other, another; different |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | mu | — |