Where does “maal” come from?
maal (Estonian) comes from Estonian maalima, from Finnish maailma, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *maailma, from Finnish Ilma, from Finnish -ri, from Finnish -ra, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.
maal (Estonian): painting; adessive singular of maa
Definitions
- painting; adessive singular of maa
Ancestry of “maal”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Estonian | maalima | to paint |
| 2 | Finnish | maailma | the Earth; a world; a celestial body |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *maailma | — |
| 4 | Finnish | Ilma | air |
| 5 | Finnish | -ri | Used to create names of occupations from nouns or... |
| 6 | Finnish | -ra | Forms nouns or adjectives, mostly from nominal... |
| 7 | Finnish | -i | A nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used... |
| 8 | Proto-Uralic | -j | oblique plural |