Where does “ulkomaanapu” come from?

ulkomaanapu (Finnish) comes from Finnish ulkomaa, from Votic maa, from Proto-Finnic maa, from Proto-Uralic mëxe, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s — great.

ulkomaanapu (Finnish): foreign aid

Definitions

  1. foreign aid

Ancestry of “ulkomaanapu”, step by step

ulkomaanapu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ulkomaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishulkomaaforeign country
2Voticmaaearth; soil; land
3Proto-Finnicmaaearth, ground, soil; land, country
4Proto-Uralicmëxeearth, land
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂sgreat

via Finnish apu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishapuhelp; assistance; helping hand
2Proto-FinnicapuAlternative form of *api
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s →Every word from Proto-Uralic mëxe →Every word from Proto-Finnic maa →