Where does “kennomainen” come from?

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

kennomainen (Finnish): honeycombed

Definitions

  1. honeycombed

Ancestry of “kennomainen”, step by step

kennomainen 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 kenno

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkennohoneycomb, a cell in a honeycomb; cell; Short for...
2Proto-Finnickenno
3Proto-Germanichennǭ
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂sEvery word from Proto-Uralic mëxeEvery word from Proto-Finnic maa