Where does “maiden” come from?

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

maiden (Finnish): genitive plural of maa

Definitions

  1. genitive plural of maa

Ancestry of “maiden”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaaearth; soil; land
2Proto-Finnicmaaearth, ground, soil; land, country
3Proto-Uralicmëxeearth, land
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂sgreat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s →Every word from Proto-Uralic mëxe →Every word from Proto-Finnic maa →
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