Where does “toukomaa” come from?

toukomaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish touko, from Finnish toukokuu, from Finnish Kuu, from Finnish kuusi, from Proto-Finnic kuuci, from Proto-Uralic kutte — ridge; six.

toukomaa (Finnish): In historical two-course crop rotation, a small patch of land on an otherwise fallowed part of field, in which plants other than the main cereal plants, like root vegetables, legumes or flax, were grown

Definitions

  1. In historical two-course crop rotation, a small patch of land on an otherwise fallowed part of field, in which plants other than the main cereal plants, like root vegetables, legumes or flax, were grown

Ancestry of “toukomaa”, step by step

toukomaa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish touko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtoukosowing, planting; especially of grain; growing...
2FinnishtoukokuuMay
3FinnishKuuThe Moon the satellite of the Earth
4Finnishkuusisix; spruce; Norway spruce, "Picea abies"
5Proto-Finnickuucisix
6Proto-Uralickutteridge; six

via Finnish mää

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
Every word from Proto-Uralic kutte →Every word from Proto-Finnic kuuci →Every word from Finnish kuusi →