Where does “gaasimaardla” come from?

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

gaasimaardla (Estonian): gas field

Definitions

  1. gas field

Ancestry of “gaasimaardla”, step by step

gaasimaardla traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian maardla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianmaardlamineral deposit
2Estonianmaaremineral resource
3Estonianmaaearth; land; ground
4Proto-Finnicmaaearth, ground, soil; land, country
5Proto-Uralicmëxeearth, land
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂sgreat

via Estonian gaas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniangaasgas
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s →Every word from Proto-Uralic mëxe →Every word from Proto-Finnic maa →