Where does “maa-ala” come from?

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

maa-ala (Estonian): territory, area, a piece of land

Definitions

  1. territory, area, a piece of land

Ancestry of “maa-ala”, step by step

maa-ala 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 ala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianalaarea, territory, region; field; branch
2Proto-Finnicalalower; under
3Proto-Uralicëlabelow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s →Every word from Proto-Uralic mëxe →Every word from Proto-Finnic maa →