Where does “niemimaa” come from?
niemimaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish mää, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
niemimaa (Finnish): peninsula; subcontinent
Ancestry of “niemimaa”, step by step
niemimaa 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 Niemi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Niemi | Any of a number of small places in Finland |
| 2 | Finnish | niemi | cape, ness, headland, promontory, (small) peninsula form of coastal land jutting into a lake or sea |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | neemi | cape, peninsula |