Where does “maare” come from?

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

maare (Estonian): mineral resource

Definitions

  1. mineral resource

Ancestry of “maare”, step by step

maare 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 Aare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EstonianAaretreasure
2Finnishaarretreasure; treasure trove

Words derived from “maare”

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