Where does “mefistomainen” come from?

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

mefistomainen (Finnish): Mephistophelean

Definitions

  1. Mephistophelean

Ancestry of “mefistomainen”, step by step

mefistomainen 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 Mefisto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishMefistoMephisto, Mephistopheles fictional character
2GermanMephisto—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s →Every word from Proto-Uralic mëxe →Every word from Proto-Finnic maa →