Where does “maapähkel” come from?

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

maapähkel (Estonian): peanut

Definitions

  1. peanut

Ancestry of “maapähkel”, step by step

maapähkel 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 pähkel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianpähkelnut; hard nut to crack, tough nut to crack
2Proto-Finnicpähke-nut, hazelnut
3Proto-Finno-Permicpäškɜ—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s →Every word from Proto-Uralic mëxe →Every word from Proto-Finnic maa →