Where does “kartiomainen” come from?

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

kartiomainen (Finnish): conical

Definitions

  1. conical

Ancestry of “kartiomainen”, step by step

kartiomainen 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 kartio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkartiocone; fan
2Proto-Celtickarti-to drive out, expel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s →Every word from Proto-Uralic mëxe →Every word from Proto-Finnic maa →