Where does “maisemaikkuna” come from?

maisemaikkuna (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.

maisemaikkuna (Finnish): picture window

Definitions

  1. picture window

Ancestry of “maisemaikkuna”, step by step

maisemaikkuna 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 ikkuna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishikkunawindow; sash
2FinnishakkunaAlternative form of ikkuna
3Proto-Finnic*akkunawindow
4Old East Slavicокъноwindow
5Proto-Slavicokъnòwindow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s →Every word from Proto-Uralic mëxe →Every word from Proto-Finnic maa →