Where does “sammalmätäs” come from?

sammalmätäs (Finnish) comes from Finnish mätäs, from Proto-Finnic mät'äs, from Proto-Uralic mäkte — tussock.

sammalmätäs (Finnish): tussock of moss, moss tussock

Definitions

  1. tussock of moss, moss tussock

Ancestry of “sammalmätäs”, step by step

sammalmätäs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mätäs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmätäsA tussock; Second-person singular imperative...
2Proto-Finnicmät'ästussock
3Proto-Uralicmäktetussock

via Finnish sammal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsammalbryophyte; moss
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*sammal—
Every word from Proto-Uralic mäkte →Every word from Proto-Finnic mät'äs →Every word from Finnish mätäs →