Where does “vientimaa” come from?
vientimaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish vienti, from Finnish -nti, from Finnish -nta, from Proto-Finnic -nta — Forms action nouns from verbs.
vientimaa (Finnish): country of export
Ancestry of “vientimaa”, step by step
vientimaa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vienti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vienti | export |
| 2 | Finnish | -nti | Form action nouns from verbs whose first... |
| 3 | Finnish | -nta | Forms nouns that describe an action; "erota... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -nta | Forms action nouns from verbs |
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 |