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Where does “kuutiomainen” come from?

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

kuutiomainen (Finnish): cubelike, resembling a cube

Definitions

  1. cubelike, resembling a cube

Ancestry of “kuutiomainen”, step by step

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