Where does “ulkomaanuutinen” come from?

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

ulkomaanuutinen (Finnish): (piece of) foreign or international news

Definitions

  1. (piece of) foreign or international news

Ancestry of “ulkomaanuutinen”, step by step

ulkomaanuutinen 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 uutinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishuutinennews, news item, item of news; tiding; news;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂sEvery word from Proto-Uralic mëxeEvery word from Proto-Finnic maa