Where does “koukkumainen” come from?

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

koukkumainen (Finnish): hooked; hook-shaped, unciform

Definitions

  1. hooked; hook-shaped, unciform

Ancestry of “koukkumainen”, step by step

koukkumainen 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 koukku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkoukkuhook; addiction; used in inessive, elative and...
2Proto-Finnickoukkuhook, hook-shaped tool
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s →Every word from Proto-Uralic mëxe →Every word from Proto-Finnic maa →