Where does “siilimäinen” come from?

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

siilimäinen (Finnish): erinaceous

Definitions

  1. erinaceous

Ancestry of “siilimäinen”, step by step

siilimäinen 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 siili

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsiilihedgehog; hedgehog, European hedgehog, common...
2Estoniansiilhedgehog
3Proto-Finnicsiilihedgehog
4Proto-Finno-Ugricśijelehedgehog
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s →Every word from Proto-Uralic mëxe →Every word from Proto-Finnic maa →