Where does “suolamaa” come from?
suolamaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish mää, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
suolamaa (Finnish): saline soil
Ancestry of “suolamaa”, step by step
suolamaa 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 suola
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | suola | salt; saline; salted |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | soola | salt |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | séh₂ls | salt |