Where does “Manner-Kiina” come from?

Manner-Kiina (Finnish) comes from Finnish manner, from Proto-Finnic manta, from Proto-Finnic maa, from Proto-Uralic mëxe, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s — great.

Manner-Kiina (Finnish): mainland China

Definitions

  1. mainland China

Ancestry of “Manner-Kiina”, step by step

Manner-Kiina traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish manner

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmannermainland; continent; continental
2Proto-Finnicmantaearth, land, soil
3Proto-Finnicmaaearth, ground, soil; land, country
4Proto-Uralicmëxeearth, land
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂sgreat

via Finnish Kiina

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKiinaChina; of China; Chinese
2SwedishKinaChina
3Chinese秦—

Words derived from “Manner-Kiina”

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