Where does “suonojitus” come from?
suonojitus (Finnish) comes from Finnish suo, from Finnish Mäki, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.
suonojitus (Finnish): draining a swamp with ditches
Definitions
- draining a swamp with ditches
Ancestry of “suonojitus”, step by step
suonojitus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish suo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | suo | swamp, bog, marsh, mire; Third-person singular... |
| 2 | Finnish | Mäki | Any of a number of small places in Finland |
| 3 | Finnish | -lä | Front vowel variant of -la |
| 4 | Finnish | -as | Forms some adjectives; Forms some nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -s | Forms nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | -s | — |
via Finnish ojitus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ojitus | ditching, trenching, draining |
| 2 | Finnish | ojittaa | To ditch, to cut a trench |
| 3 | Finnish | -ittaa | Variant of -ttaa used with some bisyllabic stems |
| 4 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |