Where does “sisämaa” come from?

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

sisämaa (Finnish): inland, interior

Definitions

  1. inland, interior

Ancestry of “sisämaa”, step by step

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

Words derived from “sisämaa”

Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →