Where does “aavemaisesti” come from?

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

aavemaisesti (Finnish): eerily

Definitions

  1. eerily

Ancestry of “aavemaisesti”, step by step

aavemaisesti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish aavemainen

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

via Finnish sti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsti
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂sEvery word from Proto-Uralic mëxeEvery word from Proto-Finnic maa