Where does “suistomaa” come from?
suistomaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish suisto, from Ingrian suu, from Proto-Finnic süü, from Proto-Uralic śuwe — mouth.
suistomaa (Finnish): the land around a river delta
Definitions
- the land around a river delta
Ancestry of “suistomaa”, step by step
suistomaa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish suisto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | suisto | A river delta |
| 2 | Ingrian | suu | mouth |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | süü | thread, fibre; annual ring; reason, cause |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | śuwe | mouth |
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 |