Where does “isamaa” come from?

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

isamaa (Estonian): fatherland

Definitions

  1. fatherland

Ancestry of “isamaa”, step by step

isamaa 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 isa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianisafather
2Proto-Finnicicäfather
3Proto-Uralicićäfather

Words derived from “isamaa”

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