Where does “maauuni” come from?

maauuni (Finnish) comes from Finnish uuni, from Old Swedish ughn, from Old Norse ofn, from Proto-Germanic uhnaz, from Proto-Indo-European aukw- — cooking pot.

maauuni (Finnish): earth oven

Definitions

  1. earth oven

Ancestry of “maauuni”, step by step

maauuni traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish uuni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishuunioven; stove; furnace
2Old Swedishughnoven
3Old Norseofn—
4Proto-Germanicuhnazoven; furnace
5Proto-Indo-Europeanaukw-cooking pot

via Finnish mää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmääbaa; I
2Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
3Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
4Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
Every word from Proto-Indo-European aukw- →Every word from Proto-Germanic uhnaz →Every word from Old Norse ofn →