Where does “puutostila” come from?
puutostila (Finnish) comes from Finnish tila, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
puutostila (Finnish): (state of) deficiency
Ancestry of “puutostila”, step by step
puutostila traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tila
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tila | state; condition; Short for maatila |
| 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 puutos
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | puutos | deficiency |
| 2 | Finnish | puuttua | to be missing; "inanimate thing in elative" or... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | puuttudak | to catch (onto), snag, get caught in/on |