Where does “maamuna” come from?

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

maamuna (Estonian): Earth; a mushroom in the genus "Bovista"; a true...

Definitions

  1. Earth; a mushroom in the genus "Bovista"; a true...

Ancestry of “maamuna”, step by step

maamuna 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 muna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianmunaegg; balls, testicles
2Proto-Finnicmunaegg
3Proto-Uralicmüŋärear, beyond; space behind something
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s →Every word from Proto-Uralic mëxe →Every word from Proto-Finnic maa →