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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

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

Words derived from “barbaarimainen”

  • barbaarimaisuus
  • barbaarimaisesti
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s →