Where does “siirtomaa” come from?
siirtomaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish mää, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
siirtomaa (Finnish): colony
Ancestry of “siirtomaa”, step by step
siirtomaa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish mää
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mää | baa; I |
| 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 siirto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | siirto | move, shift, transport; transfer |
| 2 | Finnish | siirtää | to move, transfer; to transfer; to reschedule,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | siirtädäk | to move, to transfer |
Words derived from “siirtomaa”