Where does “vuorimänty” come from?
vuorimänty (Finnish) comes from Finnish Vuori, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.
vuorimänty (Finnish): creeping pine, mountain pine
Definitions
- creeping pine, mountain pine
Ancestry of “vuorimänty”, step by step
vuorimänty traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Vuori
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Vuori | mountain large mass of earth and rock |
| 2 | Finnish | -lä | Front vowel variant of -la |
| 3 | Finnish | -as | Forms some adjectives; Forms some nouns |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -s | Forms nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | -s | — |
via Finnish mänty
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mänty | pine; pine, pinewood; Scots pine, "Pinus... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | mäntü | pine |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | mäntä | mixing utensil made of the top of a young pine |