Where does “Vadjamaa” come from?

Vadjamaa (Estonian) comes from Estonian maa, from Proto-Finnic maa, from Proto-Uralic mëxe, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s — great.

Vadjamaa (Estonian): Votia

Definitions

  1. Votia

Ancestry of “Vadjamaa”, step by step

Vadjamaa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian maa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianmaaearth; land; ground
2Proto-Finnicmaaearth, ground, soil; land, country
3Proto-Uralicmëxeearth, land
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂sgreat

via Estonian vadja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EstonianvadjaVotic
2FinnishvatjaVotic
3VoticvadʹdʹaVotic language
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s →Every word from Proto-Uralic mëxe →Every word from Proto-Finnic maa →