Where does “ämmämäisyys” come from?

ämmämäisyys (Finnish) comes from Finnish ämmämäinen, from Finnish mainen, from Finnish maa, from Proto-Finnic maa, from Proto-Uralic mëxe, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s — great.

ämmämäisyys (Finnish): haggishness

Definitions

  1. haggishness

Ancestry of “ämmämäisyys”, step by step

ämmämäisyys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ämmämäinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishämmämäinenhaggish, haglike; anile, cronelike
2Finnishmainenworldly
3Finnishmaaearth; soil; land
4Proto-Finnicmaaearth, ground, soil; land, country
5Proto-Uralicmëxeearth, land
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂sgreat

via Finnish uus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishuusAlternative form of uusi
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂sEvery word from Proto-Uralic mëxeEvery word from Proto-Finnic maa
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