Where does “ratsutila” come from?

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

ratsutila (Finnish): a farm that provided a horseman/cavalryman and horse for the crown, and in exchange were given tax breaks

Definitions

a farm that provided a horseman/cavalryman and horse for the crown, and in exchange were given tax breaks

ratsutila traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	ratsu	riding horse or other animal used for riding;...
2	Finnish	-u	Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3	Proto-Finnic	-u	Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns