Where does “maalane” come from?

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

maalane (Estonian): Earthling

Definitions

  1. Earthling

Ancestry of “maalane”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianmaaearth; land; ground
2Proto-Finnicmaaearth, ground, soil; land, country
3Proto-Uralicmëxeearth, land
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂sgreat

Words derived from “maalane”

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