Where does “eka” come from?

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

eka (Finnish): first

Definitions

  1. first

Ancestry of “eka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishensimmäinenfirst; former
2Finnish-mainen-like, -shaped, -ish, -ly, -y or -ous
3Finnishmaaearth; soil; land
4Proto-Finnicmaaearth, ground, soil; land, country
5Proto-Uralicmëxeearth, land
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂sgreat

Words derived from “eka”

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