Where does “barbaarimainen” come from?

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

barbaarimainen (Finnish): barbarous, barbaric, barbarian

Definitions

  1. barbarous, barbaric, barbarian

Ancestry of “barbaarimainen”, step by step

barbaarimainen 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 barbaari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishbarbaaribarbarian
2Latinbarbarusforeign; savage; uncivilized
3Ancient Greekβάρβαροςnon-Greek-speaking, foreign; barbaric, brutal,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbalb-—

Words derived from “barbaarimainen”

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