Where does “maakaitse” come from?
maakaitse (Estonian) comes from Estonian maa, from Proto-Finnic maa, from Proto-Uralic mëxe, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s — great.
maakaitse (Estonian): territorial defence
Ancestry of “maakaitse”, step by step
maakaitse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Estonian maa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Estonian | maa | earth; land; ground |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | maa | earth, ground, soil; land, country |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | mëxe | earth, land |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵh₂s | great |
via Estonian kaitse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Estonian | kaitse | defence; a protective device; circuit breaker |
| 2 | Estonian | -e | Derives nouns from verbs; Derives adjectives |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ek | Forms instrument nouns from verbs; Forms result... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -ek | Forms instrument nouns from verbs; Forms result... |
Words derived from “maakaitse”