Where does “alppimaisema” come from?

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

alppimaisema (Finnish): Alpine landscape

Definitions

  1. Alpine landscape

Ancestry of “alppimaisema”, step by step

alppimaisema traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish maisema

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

via Finnish alppi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishalppialp
2GermanAlbwin—
3Old High Germanwinifriend
4Proto-West Germanicwinifriend
5Proto-Germanicwinizloved one, friend
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwenh₁-to love
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s →Every word from Proto-Uralic mëxe →Every word from Proto-Finnic maa →