Where does “viejämaa” come from?
viejämaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish viejä, from Finnish viedä, from Proto-Finnic veedäk, from Proto-Uralic wixe- — to bring, to take somewhere.
viejämaa (Finnish): exporting country
Ancestry of “viejämaa”, step by step
viejämaa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish viejä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | viejä | One who carries, takes away; exporter |
| 2 | Finnish | viedä | to take away, take, bring away |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | veedäk | to take, take away |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | wixe- | to bring, to take somewhere |
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 |