Where does “ankeriasmainen” come from?

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

ankeriasmainen (Finnish): eel-like

Definitions

  1. eel-like

Ancestry of “ankeriasmainen”, step by step

ankeriasmainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mainen

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

via Finnish ankerias

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishankeriaseel; European eel, eel
2Proto-Balticangurio-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s →Every word from Proto-Uralic mëxe →Every word from Proto-Finnic maa →