Where does “rintamasuunta” come from?

rintamasuunta (Finnish) comes from Finnish rintama, from Finnish rinta, from Finnish -mä — Front vowel variant of -ma.

rintamasuunta (Finnish): the direction straight ahead from a frontline

Definitions

  1. the direction straight ahead from a frontline

Ancestry of “rintamasuunta”, step by step

rintamasuunta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish rintama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrintamafront, battlefront; front; theater
2Finnishrintabreast; chest, especially the front side of it
3Finnish-mäFront vowel variant of -ma

via Finnish suunta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuuntadirection; hand; path
Every word from Finnish -mä →Every word from Finnish rinta →Every word from Finnish rintama →