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Where does “ulkomaankauppaministeri” come from?

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

ulkomaankauppaministeri (Finnish): minister of foreign trade

Definitions

  1. minister of foreign trade

Ancestry of “ulkomaankauppaministeri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishulkomaankauppaforeign trade
2Finnishulkomaaforeign country
3Voticmaaearth; soil; land
4Proto-Finnicmaaearth, ground, soil; land, country
5Proto-Uralicmëxeearth, land
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂sgreat
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