Where does “majoneesimainen” come from?

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

majoneesimainen (Finnish): mayonnaiselike, mayonnaisey resembling mayonnaise

Definitions

  1. mayonnaiselike, mayonnaisey resembling mayonnaise

Ancestry of “majoneesimainen”, step by step

majoneesimainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mainen

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

via Finnish majoneesi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmajoneesimayonnaise
2Frenchmayonnaisemayonnaise; milkshake
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s →Every word from Proto-Uralic mëxe →Every word from Proto-Finnic maa →
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