Where does “natomaa” come from?
natomaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish mää, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
natomaa (Finnish): NATO country, NATO member
Definitions
- NATO country, NATO member
Ancestry of “natomaa”, step by step
natomaa 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 Nato
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Nato | NATO |
| 2 | English | nato | A tree of the genus "Mora"; The wood of such... |
| 3 | English | North Atlantic Treaty Organization | An intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty |