Where does “syntymäasu” come from?
syntymäasu (Finnish) comes from Finnish syntymä, from Finnish -ma, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.
syntymäasu (Finnish): birthday suit
Ancestry of “syntymäasu”, step by step
syntymäasu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish syntymä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | syntymä | birth |
| 2 | Finnish | -ma | Forms action/result nouns from verbs; The suffix... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ma | Forms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |
via Finnish asu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | asu | attire, dress, suit, raiment; form, figure,... |
| 2 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |