Where does “maisemahissi” come from?

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

maisemahissi (Finnish): scenic elevator

Definitions

  1. scenic elevator

Ancestry of “maisemahissi”, step by step

maisemahissi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish maisema

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaisemalandscape, view
2Finnishmainenworldly
3Finnishmaaearth; soil; land
4Proto-Finnicmaaearth, ground, soil; land, country
5Proto-Uralicmëxeearth, land
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂sgreat

via Finnish hissi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhissielevator, lift; elevator as metaphor for mental...
2Swedishhisselevator, lift
3Swedishhissato hoist; to throw someone in the air; to praise...
4Dutchhijsento pull up, hoist
5Middle Dutchhisen—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s →Every word from Proto-Uralic mëxe →Every word from Proto-Finnic maa →