Where does “Venemaa” come from?

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

Ancestry of “Venemaa”, step by step

Venemaa 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 vene

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianvenesmall boat, cut out of a tree trunk; Russian
2Proto-Finnicvenehboat

Words derived from “Venemaa”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s →Every word from Proto-Uralic mëxe →Every word from Proto-Finnic maa →