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Where does “maa” come from?

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

maa (Estonian): earth; land; ground

Definitions

  1. earth; land; ground

Ancestry of “maa”, step by step

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

Words derived from “maa”

  • maha jooma
  • isamaa
  • õueaiamaa
  • välismaa
  • aiamaa
  • Liivimaa
  • kodumaa
  • maakera
  • maamuna
  • Vadjamaa
  • Madalmaad
  • Preisimaa
  • maha
  • maarahvas
  • maakeel
  • maavald
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