Where does “maardla” come from?

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

maardla (Estonian): mineral deposit

Definitions

  1. mineral deposit

Ancestry of “maardla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianmaaremineral resource
2Estonianmaaearth; land; ground
3Proto-Finnicmaaearth, ground, soil; land, country
4Proto-Uralicmëxeearth, land
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂sgreat

Words derived from “maardla”

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