Where does “aiamaa” come from?

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

aiamaa (Estonian): garden

Definitions

  1. garden

Ancestry of “aiamaa”, step by step

aiamaa 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 aed

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianaedgarden
2Proto-Finnicaitafence; garden?
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s →Every word from Proto-Uralic mëxe →Every word from Proto-Finnic maa →
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