Where does “Manner-Suomi” come from?

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

Manner-Suomi (Finnish): mainland Finland Finland not including Aland and possibly not including other islands, such as the Turku archipelago

Definitions

  1. mainland Finland Finland not including Aland and possibly not including other islands, such as the Turku archipelago

Ancestry of “Manner-Suomi”, step by step

Manner-Suomi 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 suomi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsuomiThe Finnish language; Third-person singular...
2Proto-Finnicsoomiperson from Southwest Finland
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s →