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Where does “kaavamaistaa” come from?

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

kaavamaistaa (Finnish): to schematize

Definitions

  1. to schematize

Ancestry of “kaavamaistaa”, step by step

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