Where does “maavarsi” come from?

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

maavarsi (Finnish): rhizome

Definitions

  1. rhizome

Ancestry of “maavarsi”, step by step

maavarsi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish maa

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

via Finnish varsi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvarsistalk; handle or haft of some tools; chiefly a...
2Proto-Finnicvarcistalk of a plant
3Proto-Finno-Permicwarte—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s →Every word from Proto-Uralic mëxe →Every word from Proto-Finnic maa →