Where does “nukkemainen” come from?

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

nukkemainen (Finnish): doll-like

Definitions

  1. doll-like

Ancestry of “nukkemainen”, step by step

nukkemainen 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 nukke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnukkedoll; puppet
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s →Every word from Proto-Uralic mëxe →Every word from Proto-Finnic maa →
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