Where does “riistamaa” come from?

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

riistamaa (Finnish): animal hunting ground, game hunting ground

Definitions

  1. animal hunting ground, game hunting ground

Ancestry of “riistamaa”, step by step

riistamaa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmääbaa; I
2Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
3Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
4Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish riista

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishriistagame
2Proto-Finnicriistaobject, item, ware
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →