Where does “ulkomainen” come from?

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

ulkomainen (Finnish): foreign

Definitions

  1. foreign

Ancestry of “ulkomainen”, step by step

ulkomainen 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 inen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishinen—

Words derived from “ulkomainen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s →Every word from Proto-Uralic mëxe →Every word from Proto-Finnic maa →