Where does “tarumainen” come from?

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

tarumainen (Finnish): legendary; fabulous

Definitions

  1. legendary; fabulous

Ancestry of “tarumainen”, step by step

tarumainen 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 taru

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtaruepic, saga; fiction, false; legend, myth
2DanishDagmar—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s →Every word from Proto-Uralic mëxe →Every word from Proto-Finnic maa →
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