Where does “maarahvas” come from?

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

maarahvas (Estonian): Estonians

Definitions

  1. Estonians

Ancestry of “maarahvas”, step by step

maarahvas 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 rahvas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianrahvaspeople
2Proto-Finnicrahvaspeople, folk
3Proto-Germanicþrawwazfull-grown
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s →Every word from Proto-Uralic mëxe →Every word from Proto-Finnic maa →