Where does “mannermainen” come from?

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

mannermainen (Finnish): continental

Definitions

  1. continental

Ancestry of “mannermainen”, step by step

mannermainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish manner

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmannermainland; continent; continental
2Proto-Finnicmantaearth, land, soil
3Proto-Finnicmaaearth, ground, soil; land, country
4Proto-Uralicmëxeearth, land
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂sgreat

via Finnish mainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmainenworldly
2Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
3Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
4Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

Words derived from “mannermainen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s →Every word from Proto-Uralic mëxe →Every word from Proto-Finnic maa →